Yes, if there's one lesson from historical UI research that still holds, it's that mode switching is expensive. That's why people install vi plugins everywhere.

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p-e-w a day ago | parent [-]

Vi plugins don’t even exist for the vast majority of applications.

	▲	vintermann a day ago \| parent [-]
		The last resort is to switch to ROU mode (key combo for entering it is :wq)