M-x man: How to open the buffer in the current window, and in `evil-normal-state'

Question

When I type M-x man, it opens up a split and it behaves like a special buffer.

I want that when I invoke M-x man that it takes over the current window, and not open up any new splits. Also, I want it to behave like any normal evil text buffer beggining at evil-normal-state.

Is there a way to achieve that?

thanks in advance.

There is nothing "normal" about `evil`. – tripleee Oct 10 '16 at 19:14 — tripleee, Oct 10 '16 at 19:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '16 at 19:12

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The following snippet worked for me:

(with-eval-after-load "man" 
  (progn
    (evil-set-initial-state 'Man-mode 'normal)
    (setq Man-notify-method 'pushy)
  )
)

answered Oct 10 '16 at 19:12

ninrod

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n.b. Unlike `eval-after-load` there's no need for the `progn` when you use `with-eval-after-load`. – phils Oct 10 '16 at 21:53
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Yes. The `&rest BODY` argument tells you that any number of forms may be supplied -- in contrast with the singular `FORM` argument required for `eval-after-load`. – phils Oct 11 '16 at 02:46

M-x man: How to open the buffer in the current window, and in `evil-normal-state'

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