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Re:To Master Vim, Use It Like Language by octref on Thursday October 01, 2015 @09:47PM (#10316118)
Haven't used ESC since finding out Ctrl-C.
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Re:To Master Vim, Use It Like Language by steve_b on Thursday October 01, 2015 @10:37PM (#10316356)
bonus is that Ctrl-C gets you out of pretty much any mode.

Also, while in insert mode, using ctrl-h for backspace and ctrl-w for delete word are really nice.

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Re:To Master Vim, Use It Like Language by ThatGeoGuy on Friday October 02, 2015 @12:28AM (#10316738)
Better yet, ^[ is actually ESC in vi/vim, and works without a config change. I started using this last year and haven't looked back. ^C works well, but I recall it having some limitations in certain environments (though for the life of me I can't recall what they were).

In any case, I prefer ^[ to ^C, and hopefully you will too!

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Re:To Master Vim, Use It Like Language by mikerichards on Thursday October 01, 2015 @10:46PM (#10316397)
ouch...as others have said, CAPS LOCK is your friend
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Re:To Master Vim, Use It Like Language by nrivadeneira on Thursday October 01, 2015 @11:59PM (#10316665)
Why is caps lock your friend? I can't think of any situation where it'd be more useful than another key such as ESC or my personal preference, CTRL.
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