[icebraining]

Typing ":%s/<complex regex>/<replacement>" while holding caps-lock would get old rather fast, in my opinion.

[ben0x539]

You'd really only need to hold it for the first character of any command, I guess. Though holding shift+capslock+; to write a capslock-: feels weird.

[Dylan16807]

That's not a mode trigger?

[cturner]

But isn't it interesting that people would find that easy to use, despite being modal? This suggests that the conclusion from the article - to avoid modes - misses the point.

[dredmorbius]

Which was precisely my point :)

[ben0x539]

imo not any more than hitting ctrl-f in notepad to bring up the search dialog is a mode trigger. Meaning I guess technically it is one but I don't parse it as such.