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Add some more detail to the Vim mode docs
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docs/source/features/vim_mode.rst

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@@ -10,13 +10,22 @@ Vim_ is a keyboard-centric text editor. "Vim mode" refers to another editor impl
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ability to perform a subset of vim motions. This will allow you to write, select, edit, copy,
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paste, navigate, etc, efficiently by using keyboard commands.
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Vim is modal, three such modes have been implemented in novelWriter:
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Vim is modal. Three such modes have been implemented in novelWriter:
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- **Normal** mode is the default mode used to navigate text.
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- **Insert** mode is where you can write text like in a 'normal' text editor.
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- **Visual** mode is for selecting text, with:
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- **Visual** mode for per character selection.
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- **V-line** mode for per-line selection.
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- **V-Line** mode for per-line selection.
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The vim mode setting is found in the **Features** section of the **Preferences**.
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.. note::
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Vim mode is an advanced feature. When you enable it, the text editor will behave very
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differently than a standard text editor. A label in the footer of the editor will show which of
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the vim modes it is in.
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Mode Switching
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You can exit visual mode back to normal mode by pressing :kbd:`Esc`, but all visual mode commands
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that logically "terminate" the visual mode usage will return you to normal mode.
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Fro instance, press :kbd:`V` to enter V-line mode, select next word with :kbd:`w`. press :kbd:`y`
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For instance, press :kbd:`V` to enter V-Line mode, select next word with :kbd:`w`. press :kbd:`y`
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to yank (copy), you are now automatically put back in normal mode as you have completed selecting
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your text.
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