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> … vim (or vi) in normal mode. Very similar. [numeric-argument] command [string-argument ESC] You can (and IMO should) think of vi not as having an insert m

by kps 10y ago

> … vim (or vi) in normal mode. Very similar. [numeric-argument] command [string-argument ESC] You can (and IMO should) think of vi not as having an insert mode, but an insert command with an ESC-terminated string argument.