Quickly and efficiently escape insert mode
Quickly escape insert mode by remapping escape to ';. This leaves your fingers on the colon key ready for commands.
inoremap '; <Esc>
Written by Sean Todd
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I use this: inoremap jj <esc>
over 1 year ago
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@kablamo I avoided letters for this because I never know when I might trigger that combination and because having it on the j key would cause it to pause slightly when you type j. I've also heard on a few screencasts that some of the faster types don't like repetitive keystrokes since they can be slower.
over 1 year ago
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