[GLLUG] vim ESC

[Patrick Hawkins]

CTRL - [ (hold down Ctrl, push the left square bracket) also works in 
lieu of ESC.

Clay Dowling wrote:
> Quoting Brent Barker <b.w.barker at smokejive.net>:
>
>> Does it bother anyone else that even though vim's paradigm is to stay 
>> on the
>> home row, the oft-used command to return to normal/command mode is 
>> ESC? I've
>> been learning vim over the past few weeks, and it seems terrifically
>> inconsistent. Has anyone remapped it to make more sense?
>
> No.  That has worked very well for the last 30 years, and nobody is 
> looking to change that anytime soon.  Besides, hard to come up with 
> another key that won't cause trouble.
>
> Vi isn't built to make you comfortable.  Vi is built to get the job 
> done and done well under really lousy conditions.  Part of the 
> original design spec from Bill Joy: must work on his crappy 300 baud 
> connection.
>
> If you need more sensible editors pico, nano and emacs are top choices.
>
> Clay