begin quoting James G. Sack (jim) as of Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 03:35:38PM -0700: [snip] > Actually, don't you really have to consider command-line (ex?) and > visual (^v) as modes distinct from the *normal* (command) mode.
Well, : indicates a return-terminated command. And ^v is a vimism, isn't it? > IIRC, vim docs lists even more things under the name of /mode/. Well, it kinda grew towards being like emacs, which is the all-singing all-dancing kitchen-sink editor. > All things considered, though, the remarks about esc-terminated commands > is helpful in teaching and understanding. Well, if the person doesn't already think in modes, sure. -- Happier with modes. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
