• bitsplease@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      you can remap vim to use whatever you’d like instead of esc, or just ditch your caps lock and make that your new escape key.

      I know some vim users swear by remapping esc to jh or similar so you don’t even have to leave the home row

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      1 year ago

      In the ancient times, the escape button wasn’t at the upper left corner, but to the left of Q (ADM-A3). Vi (and by extension Vim) just haven’t adapted to a different keyboard layout.