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-rw-r--r--book/src/configuration.md1
-rw-r--r--helix-view/src/editor.rs7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/book/src/configuration.md b/book/src/configuration.md
index e3dbce95..147e4eba 100644
--- a/book/src/configuration.md
+++ b/book/src/configuration.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Its settings will be merged with the configuration directory `config.toml` and t
| `popup-border` | Draw border around `popup`, `menu`, `all`, or `none` | `none` |
| `indent-heuristic` | How the indentation for a newly inserted line is computed: `simple` just copies the indentation level from the previous line, `tree-sitter` computes the indentation based on the syntax tree and `hybrid` combines both approaches. If the chosen heuristic is not available, a different one will be used as a fallback (the fallback order being `hybrid` -> `tree-sitter` -> `simple`). | `hybrid`
| `jump-label-alphabet` | The characters that are used to generate two character jump labels. Characters at the start of the alphabet are used first. | `"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"`
+| `initial-mode` | The initial mode for newly opened editors. | `"normal"` |
### `[editor.statusline]` Section
diff --git a/helix-view/src/editor.rs b/helix-view/src/editor.rs
index 44dd1041..1cf3eb1c 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/editor.rs
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ pub struct Config {
pub jump_label_alphabet: Vec<char>,
/// Explorer configuration.
pub explorer: ExplorerConfig,
+ /// The initial mode for newly opened editors. Defaults to `"normal"`.
+ pub initial_mode: Mode,
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
@@ -929,6 +931,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
indent_heuristic: IndentationHeuristic::default(),
jump_label_alphabet: ('a'..='z').collect(),
explorer: ExplorerConfig::default(),
+ initial_mode: Mode::Normal,
}
}
}
@@ -1504,7 +1507,8 @@ impl Editor {
return;
}
- self.enter_normal_mode();
+ // this causes tree.rs to panic upon launch. todo: debug
+ // self.enter_normal_mode();
match action {
Action::Replace => {
@@ -1593,6 +1597,7 @@ impl Editor {
/// Generate an id for a new document and register it.
fn new_document(&mut self, mut doc: Document) -> DocumentId {
+ self.mode = self.config().initial_mode;
let id = self.next_document_id;
// Safety: adding 1 from 1 is fine, probably impossible to reach usize max
self.next_document_id =