evil-minibuffer.el

;;; evil-calendar.el --- Add Evil bindings to the minibuffer

;; Copyright (C) 2017 Pierre Neidhardt

;; Author: Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com>
;; Package-Requires: ((evil "1.2.3"))
;; Package-Version: 20170724.1223
;; Homepage: https://github.com/Ambrevar/evil-special-modes
;; Version: 0

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;;
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;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

(require 'evil)

(defun evil-minibuffer-insert ()
  "Switch to insert state.

This function is meant to be hooked in the minibuffer:

  (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'evil-minibuffer-insert)

`evil-set-initial-state' can not be used for the minibuffer since
it does not have a mode.
"
  (set (make-local-variable 'evil-echo-state) nil)
  ;; (evil-set-initial-state 'mode 'insert) is the evil-proper
  ;; way to do this, but the minibuffer doesn't have a mode.
  ;; The alternative is to create a minibuffer mode (here), but
  ;; then it may conflict with other packages' if they do the same.
  (evil-insert 1))

(defun evil-minibuffer-init ()
  (dolist
      (keymap
       ;; https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/
       ;; Text-from-Minibuffer.html#Definition of minibuffer-local-map
       '(minibuffer-local-map
         minibuffer-local-ns-map
         minibuffer-local-completion-map
         minibuffer-local-must-match-map
         minibuffer-local-isearch-map))
    (evil-define-key 'normal (eval keymap) (kbd "<escape>") 'abort-recursive-edit)
    (evil-define-key 'normal (eval keymap) (kbd "<return>") 'exit-minibuffer))
  (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'evil-minibuffer-insert)
  ;; Because of the above minibuffer-setup-hook, some evil-ex bindings need be reset.
  (evil-define-key 'normal evil-ex-completion-map (kbd "<escape>") 'abort-recursive-edit)
  (evil-define-key 'insert evil-ex-completion-map (kbd "C-p") 'previous-complete-history-element)
  (evil-define-key 'insert evil-ex-completion-map (kbd "C-n") 'next-complete-history-element)
  (evil-define-key 'normal evil-ex-completion-map (kbd "C-p") 'previous-history-element)
  (evil-define-key 'normal evil-ex-completion-map (kbd "C-n") 'next-history-element))

(provide 'evil-minibuffer)
;;; evil-minibuffer.el ends here