Variable: evil-default-state

evil-default-state is a customizable variable defined in evil-vars.el.

Value

normal

Documentation

The default Evil state.

This is the state a buffer starts in when it is not otherwise configured (see evil-set-initial-state and evil-buffer-regexps). The value may be one of normal, insert, visual, replace, operator, motion and emacs.

Source Code

;; Defined in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/evil-20251108.138/evil-vars.el
(defcustom evil-default-state 'normal
  "The default Evil state.
This is the state a buffer starts in when it is not otherwise
configured (see `evil-set-initial-state' and
`evil-buffer-regexps').  The value may be one of `normal',
`insert', `visual', `replace', `operator', `motion' and `emacs'."
  :type  'symbol
  :group 'evil)