Good to know! Although based on my scenario above, I'd prefer to keep it to vanilla vim, at least until I feel I've mastered it. I thought I had at least a mode

Good to know! Although based on my scenario above, I'd prefer to keep it to vanilla vim, at least until I feel I've mastered it. I thought I had at least a moderate understanding, but 20 minutes of 'vim' searches on youtube demonstrates that the rabbit hole goes far deeper than I could have imagined.