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ex Command Mode

A Q in vi command mode invokes ex command mode. At the command line (bottom of the screen) the prompt ':' appears. The command vi returns you back to vi command mode.

In vi command mode you can issue a single ex command and immediately return to vi mode by prefacing an ex command with a ':'.



Alan Silverman
Wed Apr 12 16:54:02 METDST 1995