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Document insert mode <a-;> in README

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@ -849,6 +849,25 @@ using *control-x*, followed, by:
Completion candidates can be selected using `ctrl-n` and `ctrl-p`.
Escape to normal mode
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From insert mode, pressing `<a-;>` allows you to execute a single normal mode
command. This provides a few advantages:
* The selections are not modified: when leaving insert mode using `<esc>` the
selections can change, for example when insert mode was entered with `a` the
cursor will go back one char. Or if on an end of line the cursor will go back
left (if possible).
* The modes are nested: that means the normal mode can enter prompt (with `:`),
or any other modes (using `:onkey` or `:menu` for example), and these modes
will get back to the insert mode afterwards.
This feature is tailored for scripting/macros, as it provides a more predictible
behaviour than leaving insert mode with `<esc>`, executing normal mode command
and entering back insert mode (with which binding ?)
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