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+# vi-mode plugin
+
+This plugin increase `vi-like` zsh functionality.
+
+To use it, add `vi-mode` to the plugins array in your zshrc file:
+
+```zsh
+plugins=(... vi-mode)
+```
+
+## Settings
+
+- `VI_MODE_RESET_PROMPT_ON_MODE_CHANGE`: controls whether the prompt is redrawn when
+ switching to a different input mode. If this is unset, the mode indicator will not
+ be updated when changing to a different mode.
+ Set it to `true` to enable it. For example:
+
+ ```zsh
+ VI_MODE_RESET_PROMPT_ON_MODE_CHANGE=true
+ ```
+
+ The default value is unset, unless `vi_mode_prompt_info` is used, in which case it'll
+ automatically be set to `true`.
+
+- `VI_MODE_SET_CURSOR`: controls whether the cursor style is changed when switching
+ to a different input mode. Set it to `true` to enable it (default: unset):
+
+ ```zsh
+ VI_MODE_SET_CURSOR=true
+ ```
+
+- `MODE_INDICATOR`: controls the string displayed when the shell is in normal mode.
+ See [Mode indicators](#mode-indicators) for details.
+
+- `INSERT_MODE_INDICATOR`: controls the string displayed when the shell is in insert mode.
+ See [Mode indicators](#mode-indicators) for details.
+
+## Mode indicators
+
+*Normal mode* is indicated with a red `<<<` mark at the right prompt, when it
+hasn't been defined by theme, *Insert mode* is not displayed by default.
+
+You can change these indicators by setting the `MODE_INDICATOR` (*Normal mode*) and
+`INSERT_MODE_INDICATORS` (*Insert mode*) variables.
+This settings support Prompt Expansion sequences. For example:
+
+```zsh
+MODE_INDICATOR="%F{white}+%f"
+INSERT_MODE_INDICATOR="%F{yellow}+%f"
+```
+
+You can also use the `vi_mode_prompt_info` function in your prompt, which will display
+this mode indicator.
+
+## Key bindings
+
+Use `ESC` or `CTRL-[` to enter `Normal mode`.
+
+NOTE: some of these key bindings are set by zsh by default when using a vi-mode keymap.
+
+### History
+
+- `ctrl-p` : Previous command in history
+- `ctrl-n` : Next command in history
+- `/` : Search backward in history
+- `n` : Repeat the last `/`
+
+### Vim edition
+
+- `vv` : Edit current command line in Vim
+
+NOTE: this used to be bound to `v`. That is now the default (`visual-mode`).
+
+### Movement
+
+- `$` : To the end of the line
+- `^` : To the first non-blank character of the line
+- `0` : To the first character of the line
+- `w` : [count] words forward
+- `W` : [count] WORDS forward
+- `e` : Forward to the end of word [count] inclusive
+- `E` : Forward to the end of WORD [count] inclusive
+- `b` : [count] words backward
+- `B` : [count] WORDS backward
+- `t{char}` : Till before [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the right
+- `T{char}` : Till before [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the left
+- `f{char}` : To [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the right
+- `F{char}` : To [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the left
+- `;` : Repeat latest f, t, F or T [count] times
+- `,` : Repeat latest f, t, F or T in opposite direction
+
+### Insertion
+
+- `i` : Insert text before the cursor
+- `I` : Insert text before the first character in the line
+- `a` : Append text after the cursor
+- `A` : Append text at the end of the line
+- `o` : Insert new command line below the current one
+- `O` : Insert new command line above the current one
+
+### Delete and Insert
+
+- `ctrl-h` : While in *Insert mode*: delete character before the cursor
+- `ctrl-w` : While in *Insert mode*: delete word before the cursor
+- `d{motion}` : Delete text that {motion} moves over
+- `dd` : Delete line
+- `D` : Delete characters under the cursor until the end of the line
+- `c{motion}` : Delete {motion} text and start insert
+- `cc` : Delete line and start insert
+- `C` : Delete to the end of the line and start insert
+- `r{char}` : Replace the character under the cursor with {char}
+- `R` : Enter replace mode: Each character replaces existing one
+- `x` : Delete `count` characters under and after the cursor
+- `X` : Delete `count` characters before the cursor
+
+## Known issues
+
+### Low `$KEYTIMEOUT`
+
+A low `$KEYTIMEOUT` value (< 15) means that key bindings that need multiple characters,
+like `vv`, will be very difficult to trigger. `$KEYTIMEOUT` controls the number of
+milliseconds that must pass before a key press is read and the appropriate key binding
+is triggered. For multi-character key bindings, the key presses need to happen before
+the timeout is reached, so on low timeouts the key press happens too slow, and therefore
+another key binding is triggered.
+
+We recommend either setting `$KEYTIMEOUT` to a higher value, or remapping the key bindings
+that you want to trigger to a keyboard sequence. For example:
+
+```zsh
+bindkey -M vicmd 'V' edit-command-line # this remaps `vv` to `V` (but overrides `visual-mode`)
+```