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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by rahoulb on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:49AM (#21524702)
I started using Ctrl-C instead of Escape in Vim years ago (long before the Touchbar) as it means I don't have to move my hands from the home position.
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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by graywh on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:25PM (#21528352)
ctrl-c is a poor substitute for several reasons

1. it cancels any modifiers on the insert command

2. it won't trigger any abbreviations

3. it doesn't work with visual-block insert

4. it bypasses InsertLeave autocommands

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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by na85 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @06:16PM (#21530851)
>ctrl-c is a poor substitute for several reasons

Counterpoint: modal editing is a poor substitute for several reasons ;)

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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by super_mario on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:58AM (#21525541)
CTRL-[ is standard Vim mapping for Esc.
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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by secabeen on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:56PM (#21527939)
It's deeper than that. Control-[ is the same keycode as escape. [ is the next character after Z in ASCII, and Control-[ is the next character after Control-Z. It's not a mapping, they are one and the same.
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