Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!grebyn!macom1!rikki From: rikki@macom1.UUCP (R. L. Welsh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: vi question. How to return to visual mode. Message-ID: <4855@macom1.UUCP> Date: 16 Jun 89 12:13:05 GMT References: <159@jma.UUCP> Organization: CENTEL Federal Systems, Reston, VA. 22091-1506 Lines: 10 From article <159@jma.UUCP>, by max@jma.UUCP (Max Heffler @ Landmark Graphics): > 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? If you hit a "Q", you will exit visual mode and enter command line mode (as if you had invoked "ex" instead of vi). To return to visual mode, just type "vi" at the ":" prompt. -- - Rikki (UUCP: grebyn!macom1!rikki)