Function: evil-insert-state

evil-insert-state is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in evil-states.el.

Signature

(evil-insert-state &optional ARG)

Documentation

Enable Insert state. Disable with negative ARG.

If ARG is nil, don't display a message in the echo area.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/evil-20251108.138/evil-states.el
(evil-define-state insert
  "Insert state."
  :tag " <I> "
  :cursor (bar . 2)
  :message "-- INSERT --"
  :entry-hook (evil-start-track-last-insertion)
  :exit-hook (evil-cleanup-insert-state evil-stop-track-last-insertion)
  :input-method t
  (cond
   ((evil-insert-state-p)
    (add-hook 'post-command-hook #'evil-maybe-remove-spaces)
    (add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'evil-insert-repeat-hook)
    (setq evil-maybe-remove-spaces t)
    (unless (eq evil-want-fine-undo t)
      (evil-start-undo-step)))
   (t
    (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'evil-maybe-remove-spaces)
    (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'evil-insert-repeat-hook)
    (evil-maybe-remove-spaces t)
    (setq evil-insert-repeat-info evil-repeat-info)
    (evil-set-marker ?^ nil t)
    (unless (eq evil-want-fine-undo t)
      (evil-end-undo-step))
    (when (or (evil-normal-state-p evil-next-state)
              (evil-motion-state-p evil-next-state))
      (evil-move-cursor-back
       (and (eolp) (not evil-move-beyond-eol)))))))