colon is used to enter Ex mode. Leader is a separate key (used as an extra modifier like the Meta key in Emacs) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1764263/what-

colon is used to enter Ex mode. Leader is a separate key (used as an extra modifier like the Meta key in Emacs) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1764263/what-is-the-leader-in-a-vimrc-file http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1764263/what-is-the-leade...