> The command examples you quote don't really have any bearing on modality. They do, actually. What happens if you type `yy` in a non-modal editor? You get "

> The command examples you quote don't really have any bearing on modality. They do, actually. What happens if you type `yy` in a non-modal editor? You get "yy" in your text. It only works in Vim because you're in normal mode.