vi question. How to return to visual mode.

[Paul Houtz]

max at jma.UUCP (Max Heffler @ Landmark Graphics) writes:

>Some times, in vi, I hit some unknown key sequence that throws me
>into a command mode that I have not been able to return to visual
>mode from.  Any ideas? 

 If you are getting a colon prompt, simply type in "vi" and return.
 You are probably in ex.  Also, I would suggest that you might want
 to read the man entry on vi and ex.  

 I don't mean that in a cynical way, just trying to be helpful.