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Possible to use modal editing inside Vim's command-line mode?

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Mar 15, 2026416 views
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Vim's normal and insert modes are wonderful. A source of constant frustration for me is that whenever I enter command-line mode for entering Ex commands (by pressing ) suddenly I lose all the niceness of modal editing and wind up with a set of totally different (and comparatively lame) shortcuts th…

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Fix for: Possible to use modal editing inside Vim's command-line mode?

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Vim actually has several modes, of which normal and insert are just the most obvious. So to say... To enter the command-line window from command-line mode (the mode you're in after you press ), press . Now you're in the command-line window, where yo…

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