Vim is often called a modal editor, but I think it in fact has fever modes than GUI editors. In vim, I usually need only 2 modes (command, insert). In Notepad,

Vim is often called a modal editor, but I think it in fact has fever modes than GUI editors. In vim, I usually need only 2 modes (command, insert). In Notepad, each menu is a mode of its own right (File, Edit, Format, Help)... And to get as feature-full as VIM, editors will need much more ad-hoc modes. I think vim's strength is not being modal. Its strength is having less modes than other editors.