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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

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 ;)