On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 02:00:07AM -0600, Eric Arnold wrote:
> On 4/26/06, Gerald Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I have seen it, and can reproduce it. I never thought I could find
> > a simple test case to illustrate it until now:
> >
> >    fun! InsVis()
> >      exe "normal! \<C-w>wv"
> 
> BTW, I don't have to switch windows to get these modes to work.  Simply
>        normal! V
> 
> is enough.
> 
> >      return ""

     OK, I see it (in vim 7.0f).  I tried

fun! InsVis()
  normal! v
  return ""
endfun

and then from Insert mode,

<C-R>=InsVis()<CR>

This mode seems to be similar to Insert mode, but <Esc> takes me to
Visual mode instead of Normal mode.  AFAICT this is undocumented.

HTH                                     --Benji Fisher

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