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Re:LazyVim by arghwhat on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:16AM (#36755090)
Trick for those wanting caps lock to be compose instead: ctrl-c also works as escape, and has historically been slightly faster due to sidestepping the escape timeout.
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Re:LazyVim by xeyownt on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:48AM (#36755278)
Wow super useful, didn't know that.

Note that however crtl-c and esc are not strictly equivalent: if you do esc or ctrl-c, the position of the cursor when back in normal mode will differ. You can see this if you do insert then esc repeatedly, seeing the cursor moving. Cursor doesn't move with ctrl-c (which somehow I prefer).

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Re:LazyVim by marcusramberg on Monday July 17, 2023 @06:03AM (#36756100)
I've remapped caps lock to ctrl with chords and escape when clicked alone. Feel it's the best of both worlds :)
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Re:LazyVim by xigoi on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @07:29AM (#36770641)
<c-c> is not completely equivalent to <esc>. For example, 50i=<c-c> will insert only one equals sign.
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