Vim and composability Posted by prasoon2211 on Monday March 02, 2015 @01:18AM from the ferd.ca dept. http://ferd.ca/vim-and-composability.html ( 1 comment | 2 points | on HN )
Jef Raskin coined the term "quasimode" to distinguish between vi-style modal interface and the emacs interface of holding ctrl or meta keys. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_%28computer_interface%29#Q... .
The original text is visible at https://books.google.com/books?id=D39vjmLfO3kC&pg=PA55&lpg=P... . It mentions another's phrase to distinguish the "spring loaded" temporary modal of ctrl+x prefix in emacs vs. the "spring locked" modal of vi.