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+;;;;;
+title: Quick normal-state
+tags: emacs, evil
+date: 2014-07-11 00:47
+format: md
+;;;;;
+
+I realized today that most of the time (over 90%) of the time I save a
+file I feel I have finished typing something. Typing this out makes it
+sound very obvious, actually. One other thing I noticed is that I
+still forget to return to normal-state after I'm done editing. Emacs
+being hackable and not being content with twisting my brain to suit my
+editor but rather twisting my editor to suit me, I thought I might
+automate it a little.
+
+My first idea was to have evil automatically revert to normal-state
+whenever I save and also whenever I switch buffers. I haven't found a
+hook that runs when switching buffers, so I'll need to brush up on my
+advising skills and have it run just before switching, perhaps even
+when `execute-extended-command` or `smex` run, so any explicit minibuffer
+action returns to normal state.
+
+For now it's just the save file, and only for buffers that aren't in
+the emacs-state as default list:
+
+``` emacs-lisp
+(defun modes-starting-in (state)
+  "Get a list of modes whose default state is STATE."
+  (symbol-value (evil-state-property state :modes)))
+
+(defun maybe-switch-to-normal-state ()
+  "Switch the current buffer to normal state.
+
+Only do this when the mode is not in emacs state by
+default."
+  (unless (memql major-mode (modes-starting-in 'emacs))
+    (evil-normal-state)))
+
+(with-eval-after-load 'evil
+  (add-hook 'after-save-hook
+            #'maybe-switch-to-normal-state))
+```
+
+I personally only use either normal-state or emacs-state as default
+states when a mode loads, if you want to check more you'll have to add
+some more calls to `memq` and change `emacs` to, for example `insert` or
+`visual` or whichever you need.