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(vip)Commands in Insert Mode

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Insert Mode
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   You can enter insert mode by one of the following commands.  In
addition to these, you will enter insert mode if you give a change
command with a line command as the motion command.  Insert commands are
also modifying commands and you can repeat them by the repeat command
`.' (`vip-repeat').

`i'
     Enter insert mode at point (`vip-insert').

`I'
     Enter insert mode at the first non white character on the line
     (`vip-Insert').

`a'
     Move point forward by one character and then enter insert mode
     (`vip-append').

`A'
     Enter insert mode at end of line (`vip-Append').

`o'
     Open a new line below the current line and enter insert mode
     (`vip-open-line').

`O'
     Open a new line above the current line and enter insert mode
     (`vip-Open-line').

`C-o'
     Insert a newline and leave point before it, and then enter insert
     mode
     (`vip-open-line-at-point').

   Insert mode is almost like emacs mode.  Only the following 4 keys
behave differently from emacs mode.

`<ESC>'
     This key will take you back to vi mode (`vip-change-mode-to-vi').

`C-h'
     Delete previous character (`delete-backward-char').

`C-w'
     Delete previous word (`vip-delete-backward-word').

`C-z'
     This key simulates <ESC> key in emacs mode.  For instance, typing
     `C-z x' in insert mode iw the same as typing `ESC x' in emacs mode
     (`vip-ESC').

You can also bind `C-h' to `help-command' if you like.  (Note:
Customizing Key Bindings, for details.)  Binding `C-h' to
`help-command' has the effect of making the meaning of `C-h' uniform
among emacs, vi and insert modes.

   When you enter insert mode, VIP records point as the start point of
insertion, and when you leave insert mode the region between point and
start point is saved for later use by repeat command etc.  Therefore,
repeat command will not really repeat insertion if you move point by
emacs commands while in insert mode.