I don't think this is the case, though I may be misunderstanding what you wrote. At the shell, it's true that you're limited to vi-style controls (so no text o

I don't think this is the case, though I may be misunderstanding what you wrote. At the shell, it's true that you're limited to vi-style controls (so no text objects like ci"). However, once you press 'v' in normal mode you can drop into either vi or vim - this only depends on what $EDITOR is set to[1]. [1] http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/vi-mode-in-bash/ http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/vi-mode-in-bash/