Automatically switch to English keyboard when leaving insert/replace mode in Evil of Spacemacs. And when you enter insert/replace mode again, switch to whatever input method you used last time. Especially useful when you are using other language (non-english) to write content.
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(defun dotspacemacs/user-config () | |
(setq shell-file-name "/bin/bash") | |
; set default var lang_source for ibus arg | |
(setq lang_source "xkb:us::eng") | |
; what we do when enter insert mode | |
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-entry-hook | |
(lambda () | |
(shell-command (concat "ibus engine " lang_source)))) | |
; what we do when enter normal mode from insert mode: always change to US keyboard | |
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-exit-hook | |
(lambda () | |
(setq lang_source (shell-command-to-string "ibus engine")) | |
(shell-command "ibus engine xkb:us::eng"))) | |
; what we do when enter replace mode | |
(add-hook 'evil-replace-state-entry-hook | |
(lambda () | |
(shell-command (concat "ibus engine " lang_source)))) | |
; what we do when enter normal mode from replace mode: always change to US keyboard | |
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-exit-hook | |
(lambda () | |
(setq lang_source (shell-command-to-string "ibus engine")) | |
(shell-command "ibus engine xkb:us::eng") | |
) | |
) | |
) |
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Adjust the code to your input method, see the manual of
ibus
command to see what's the id of you input method (in this example isrime
andxkb:us::eng
). Only support the ibus-based input methods.