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From: boykin@calliope.Encore.COM (Joseph Boykin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vi question.  How to return to visual mode.
Keywords: Stuck in command mode, how to return to visual mode.
Message-ID: <8473@xenna.Encore.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 89 13:49:54 GMT
References: <159@jma.UUCP>
Sender: news@Encore.COM
Reply-To: boykin@calliope.UUCP (Joseph Boykin)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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In article <159@jma.UUCP> max@jma.UUCP (Max Heffler @ Landmark Graphics) writes:
>Some times, in vi, I hit some unknown key sequence that throws me
>into a command mode that I have not been able to return to visual
>mode from.  Any ideas? 

The "unknown key sequence" is "Q"; which means to "quit" from
visual mode into ex mode.  To get back into visual mode, issue
the command ":visual" (minimal abbreviation is "vi".

I sometimes use "Q", followed by a "set term=" command, followed
by a ":vi" command if I my TERM environment variable is set up wrong.
It's the only way to change terminal types from within the editor
as you can't do it from visual mode.

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Joe Boykin
Encore Computer Corp
Vice-Chair, IEEE Computer Societies'
    Technical Activities Board

Internet: boykin@encore.com
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