Start kakoune in insert mode

[Aadniz]

Hi.

I'm making the switch from nano to kakoune, and was wondering if it's possible to start kakoune in insert mode?
Might be something people generally NOT want to do, but as for the switch from nano, I think it's one step in the right direction

In vim, I know you can do this with vim -c 'startinsert' FILENAME

[SolitudeSF]

kak -e 'exec i'

[alexherbo2]

You might want to start insert mode when creating a new client:

~/.config/kak/kakrc

hook -group start-insert-mode global KakBegin '.*' 'execute-keys i'
hook -group start-insert-mode global ClientCreate '.*' 'execute-keys i'

With this config, kak will start in insert mode, and :new will start in insert mode as well.

See Hooks for other events.

[Aadniz]

You might want to start insert mode when creating a new client:

~/.config/kak/kakrc

hook -group start-insert-mode global KakBegin '.*' 'execute-keys i'
hook -group start-insert-mode global ClientCreate '.*' 'execute-keys i'

With this config, kak will start in insert mode, and :new will start in insert mode as well.

See Hooks for other events.

Thank you! it worked!

A bit curious why this "no-hooks" shows up automatically now:

[alexherbo2]

Replace with execute-keys -with-hooks i.

See execute-keys specific switches for more details.

[Aadniz]

That fixed it, thank you so much!

[stacyharper]

I'm trying to do this for a specific filetype. I got something like this but this is not working :(

hook global WinSetOption filetype=sms %{ 
    execute-keys -with-hooks i 
} 
 
hook global BufNewFile .*/Draft %{ set buffer filetype sms } 

[alexherbo2]

Try with WinCreate and window scope.

[stacyharper]

Mhh can you be more specific ? I think I tried all combination without success :D

[stacyharper]

Okay I found my way with :

hook global BufCreate .*/Draft %{ 
    set buffer filetype sms 
    hook -once buffer WinDisplay .* %{ 
        execute-keys -with-hooks i 
    } 
}