Hooks

A hook is a list of functions that are executed when certain events happen. Hooks are modified with the Emacs function add-hook. Evil provides entry and exit hooks for all its states. For example, when switching from normal state to insert state, all functions in evil-normal-state-exit-hook and evil-insert-state-entry-hook are executed.

It is guaranteed that the exit hook will be executed before the entry hook on all state switches.

During the hook execution, the variables evil-next-state and evil-previous-state contain information about the states being switched to and from, respectively.