Modes
Command mode:
- keystrokes cause movement and invoke changes
- the default mode on start-up
Insert mode:
- keystrokes cause text to be inserted into the buffer
- some keystrokes have special editing effect (e.g.
^H )
- entered via insert/change commands ... exited via
[ESC]
ex mode:
- allows
ed/ex -like editing commands to be run
- entered via
: ... exited via [Enter]
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