How many modes does vim have? What is authority called?

Question

The issue of vim mode is quite confusing on the internet, so I’ll ask here and laugh at it~

Answer 1

insert mode  

normal mode

visual mode

command-line mode

Answer 2

The following is only for Vim, not for vi. 12 species in total. The six basic modes are as follows:

• Normal Mode
• Visual Mode
• Select mode
• Insert Mode
• Command line mode
• ex mode

See :help vim-modes for details.

Remember that in vi, the function similar to Vim's normal mode is called "command mode", the function similar to Vim's command line mode is called "last line mode", and the function similar to Vim's insert mode is called "edit mode".