In Command mode, you can perform complex editing functions, file actions, or shell actions. As you use a navigation command, the area from the beginning of Visual mode to when you exit Visual mode is the selected text.Īnytime you use the : command in Normal mode, you will enter into Command mode. Visual mode happens when you use a v, V, and Ctrl-v commands from Normal mode. Every other key pressed is directly inserted into the file at the current cursor location. Once in Insert mode, the editor will stay in that mode until you press an Esc key.
Vim is in Insert mode with the use of the a, A, i, I, o, and O commands. When you exit any of the other modes, Vim goes back to the Normal mode. You can use all the command keys to navigate around the file and start editing. Each mode shows it’s name at the bottom left of the status bar in the program. Vim has four modes: Normal, Insert, Visual, and Command. Vim is a terminal program, not a graphical system program. Vim will open in that terminal with that file loaded.
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