Problems Getting to Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor, Sixth Edition) D.3. Problems Getting to Visual Mode While editing in vi, you accidentally end up in the ex editor. A Q in the command mode of vi invokes ex. Any time you are in ex, the command vi returns you to the vi editor. D.2. Problems Saving FilesD.4. Problems with vi Commands Copyright © 2003 O'Reilly & Associates. All rights reserved.