Re: List of evil ex commands?

[Bob Proulx]

Kendall Shaw wrote:
> The command :ex is what I have been using in vi since 1982. In vi it
> switches to ex (the line editor that came after ed) mode.

What vi program are you using?

I am using 'nvi' because it is the closest to the original BSD vi
program that is available by free(dom) license.  There if I start nvi
as 'ex' then I am in ex mode.  Typing in 'vi' (the ':' is already
there in ex mode) then I enter visual mode.  But in nvi visual mode
typing in ":ex" does not turn off visual mode.  Typing in ":" does
however allow me to type in any ex command.  This is sufficient for
me.  Supposedly in nvi the Q command exits visual mode and returns to
ex mode but for whatever reason for me it says the Q command is
unknown.  This has never bothered me enough to pursue it further.  I
assume it is simply a bug in the nvi implementation.  It hasn't been
getting much love lately.

Bob