Hello JohnBeckett,
Regarding your comments to http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Mappings_to_facilitate_the_creation_of_text please see the recent (within past 22 hours) emails in the thread "Commands from insert mode".
See also http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Quick_command_in_insert_mode Thanks, --Suresh -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
