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Stephen R. van den Berg ee786a1ca6 feat(cli): add vi command mode to the composer prompt
Add an opt-in vi command mode to the composer prompt ([ui].commandmode =
"vi"). At the prompt Esc enters command mode for navigation and editing
rather than interrupting a turn; command mode owns the keys h l j k 0 $ ^
i a x I A p D and the mode switch.

The composer lives in internal/frontend/tui, so the mode is implemented
there against its textarea: vimode.go carries the command-mode keys and
the mode switch, input.go routes keys through it, and ask.go and
prompts.go keep Esc from dismissing an open question card or deciding an
approval card. Command mode consumes any key carrying printable text, so
a CJK/IME character is eaten rather than inserted.

Because the interrupt key now depends on the composer mode, the
running-turn hint can no longer name a fixed key: with ui.commandmode off
Esc stops a running turn, while in vi mode only ^C interrupts, since Esc
is a mode switch whether or not a turn runs. The thinking
status line therefore names the key that actually interrupts — "(Esc
cancels)" or "(Ctrl+C cancels)" — across en/zh/zh-TW, and the footer names
the composer's input mode, NORMAL in command mode and INSERT otherwise.
The cancelling line drops its "Ctrl+C exits" hint in vi mode, where Ctrl+C
re-cancels instead of exiting, and the approval, ask and plan card hints —
plus the plan choice list — drop their Esc mention there, where Esc is
ignored.

At the prompt, ^C with a non-empty prompt clears it and leaves shell mode,
in vi mode and out. In vi mode it first saves the trimmed draft to the
cmdline history when there is one, as send() does, so an accidental
interrupt never loses it (Up recalls it); a whitespace-only prompt is
cleared without being saved. In vi mode Esc no longer decides an approval
or ask card, where it is pressed out of habit; a row key or Ctrl+C decides
instead, and Ctrl+C still cancels a running turn even while an ask answer
is being typed.

[ui].commandmode is user-global only: a project reasonix.toml cannot set
it, so a cloned repo never rebinds the user's keys.
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