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I have recent started using emacs, Evil and org-mode together. When taking notes in org-mode sometimes the program will go into an < E > mode which I can see on the status bar at the bottom of the frame. When starting emacs I usually see a < N > on the status bar.

I am assuming that

< N > - is for normal mode

< I > - is for insert mode

What is < E > mode?

How do I return to normal mode without having to restart emacs?

awksp
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user3834928
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    `(evil-define-state emacs "Emacs state." :tag " " :message "-- EMACS --" :input-method t :intercept-esc nil)` [Excerpt from `evil-states.el`] – lawlist Jul 13 '14 at 19:55

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It means you somehow got into "Emacs" state, which uses the standard Emacs keymap. You can get back to "Normal state" with M-x evil-normal-state. (Just in case you're brand new: M-x means "Meta-x", which in practice means "Alt-x").

Dan
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