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New Key Bindings
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   In VIP the meanings of some keys are entirely different from Vi.
These key bindings are done deliberately in the hope that editing under
Emacs will become easier.  It is however possible to rebind these keys
to functions which behave similarly as in Vi.  Note: Customizing Key
Bindings, for details.

`C-g'
`g'
     In Vi, `C-g' is used to get information about the file associated
     to the current buffer.  Here, `g' will do that, and `C-g' is used
     to abort a command (this is for compatibility with emacs mode.)

`SPC'
`<RET>'
     Now these keys will scroll up and down the text of current window.
     Convenient for viewing the text.

`s'
`S'
     They are used to switch to a specified buffer.  Useful for
     switching to already existing buffer since buffer name completion
     is provided.  Also a default buffer will be given as part of the
     prompt, to which you can switch by just typing <RET> key.  `s' is
     used to select buffer in the current window, while `S' selects
     buffer in another window.

`C'
`X'
     These keys will exit from vi mode and return to emacs mode
     temporarily.  If you type `C' (`X'), Emacs will be in emacs mode
     and will believe that you have typed `C-c' (`C-x', resp.) in emacs
     mode. Moreover, if the following character you type is an
     upper-case letter, then Emacs will believe that you have typed the
     corresponding control character.  You will be in vi mode again
     after the command is executed.  For example, typing `X S' in vi
     mode is the same as typing `C-x C-s' in emacs mode.  You get the
     same effect by typing `C-x C-s' in vi mode, but the idea here is
     that you can execute useful Emacs commands without typing control
     characters. For example, if you hit `X' (or `C-x') followed by
     `2', then the current window will be split into 2 and you will be
     in vi mode again.

   In addition to these, `ctl-x-map' is slightly modified:

`X 3'
`C-x 3'
     This is equivalent to `C-x 1 C-x 2' (1 + 2 = 3).