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Re:Firenvim – Turn the browser into a Neovim client by lemper on Thursday December 19, 2024 @12:55AM (#42458808)
yea mate, that's correct. when i type things on the new lambda editor then press esc, it actually lost the editor focus not the editing mode to command mode.
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Re:Firenvim – Turn the browser into a Neovim client by mst on Thursday December 19, 2024 @10:07AM (#42462083)
See if Ctrl-[ works.

I tend to hit that instead of Esc everywhere I'm using a vi-like after having a weird keyboard issue that nerfed my Esc key for a while (long and uninteresting story) and then finding that Ctrl-[ was more comfortable for me anyway.

(of course that may not work at all in the lambda editor, I'm mostly using it in terminals with heirloom-ex-vi, but seems easy enough to TIAS some time)

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Re:Firenvim – Turn the browser into a Neovim client by setopt on Friday December 20, 2024 @02:43AM (#42469079)
Another option worth trying is pressing Ctrl-C. Unlike Ctrl-[, it’s not 100% equivalent to ESC (e.g. it prevents abbreviation expansion), but it does put you in normal mode without losing what you did in insert mode.
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