A recent post by Matthew Weier O'Phinney suggested binding the 'jj' sequence to <ESC>. I've been trying that for the last day or so, and I'm finding that to be a pretty good trick. Here's what I added to
~/.vimrc to make it work:
:map! jj <ESC>
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16 March 2009
ESC key alternative in vim
I've been using vim for a couple of years now, and I really like it. But one thing that's always been a nuisance to me is reaching for the escape key. I often hit the wrong key (like the tilde or F1), and/or I have to glance at the keyboard to find it.
A recent post by Matthew Weier O'Phinney suggested binding the 'jj' sequence to <ESC>. I've been trying that for the last day or so, and I'm finding that to be a pretty good trick. Here's what I added to
A recent post by Matthew Weier O'Phinney suggested binding the 'jj' sequence to <ESC>. I've been trying that for the last day or so, and I'm finding that to be a pretty good trick. Here's what I added to
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