escape out of reach

Sven7

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Sep 3, 2009, 5:06:31 PM9/3/09

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In vim (well, vim 7.2 for windows), the escape key
is used a lot but is a bit out of reach if you
want to keep your hands on the central keyboard.
At least for me. I'd be interested in hearing the
group's view on this. Any interesting mappings to
other keys? Tips for making fingers longer?

Regards,
Sven

rouben

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Sep 4, 2009, 12:18:33 AM9/4/09

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Ctrl-[ is equivalent to ESC. I has been
like that since the original vi.

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RalfB

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Sep 4, 2009, 1:44:27 AM9/4/09

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Hello,

I love "imap <silent> jj <esc>". jj is much faster then to go to ESC.

Ralf

SM

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Sep 4, 2009, 2:18:45 AM9/4/09

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2009-09-04, RalfB skribis:

> Hello,
>
> I love "imap <silent> jj <esc>". jj is much faster then to go to ESC.
>

QFT. Although my version is "inoremap jj <esc>".

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Florian Rehnisch

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Sep 8, 2009, 6:54:49 AM9/8/09

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o Sven7 <Sven@7.x>:

> group's view on this. Any interesting mappings to
> other keys? Tips for making fingers longer?

I use this:

inoremap jff <c-k> " entering digraphs
inoremap <c-k> <esc> " remap esc to ^K
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Sven7

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Sep 9, 2009, 3:10:37 PM9/9/09

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Thanks for your feedback. Ctrl-[ is pretty useless
for me as I use a Scandinavian layout. jj & Ctrl-K
makes more sense.

Has anyone, btw, tried to map esc to Caps Lock?
It's a big, accessible key I seldom if ever use...

Mikolaj Machowski

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Sep 9, 2009, 4:39:21 PM9/9/09

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Sven7 scripsit:

Not possible in Vim. Only on system level.

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RS Wood

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Sep 9, 2009, 8:44:30 AM9/9/09

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In article <2009-09-05$15.5...@x.vimhelp.de.vu>, Florian Rehnisch wrote:
> o Sven7 <Sven@7.x>:
>
>> group's view on this. Any interesting mappings to
>> other keys? Tips for making fingers longer?
>
> I use this:
>
> inoremap jff <c-k> " entering digraphs
> inoremap <c-k> <esc> " remap esc to ^K

I bought a new keyboard, to deal with the problem. The Happy Hacker
keyboard has the escape key within reach, and it's very comfortable.
Just a thought.
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SM

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Sep 14, 2009, 1:47:48 AM9/14/09

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2009-09-09, Sven7 skribis:

>
> Has anyone, btw, tried to map esc to Caps Lock?
> It's a big, accessible key I seldom if ever use...

Had a go at that once. I find mapping Caps Lock as another Ctrl key far
more useful. Even (and especially) when vimming.

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Sven7

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Sep 14, 2009, 6:12:34 PM9/14/09

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So how did you succeed in mapping Caps Lock to
something else? On what OS?

SM skrev:

SM

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Sep 15, 2009, 6:45:03 AM9/15/09

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2009-09-14, Sven7 skribis:

> So how did you succeed in mapping Caps Lock to
> something else? On what OS?

My OS is Debian Squeeze. In Gnome:

System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Layouts -> Layout options... ->
Ctrl key position -> Make CapsLock an additional Ctrl

> SM skrev:
>> 2009-09-09, Sven7 skribis:
>>> Has anyone, btw, tried to map esc to Caps Lock?
>>> It's a big, accessible key I seldom if ever use...
>>
>> Had a go at that once. I find mapping Caps Lock as another Ctrl key far
>> more useful. Even (and especially) when vimming.
>>

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SM

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Sep 15, 2009, 7:07:05 AM9/15/09

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2009-09-15, SM skribis:

> 2009-09-14, Sven7 skribis:
>> So how did you succeed in mapping Caps Lock to
>> something else? On what OS?
>
> My OS is Debian Squeeze. In Gnome:
>
> System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Layouts -> Layout options... ->
> Ctrl key position -> Make CapsLock an additional Ctrl

And more generally, add the following line into the Section
"InputDevice" in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"

Sven7

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Sep 19, 2009, 11:01:16 AM9/19/09

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Thanks, I'll try that on Ubuntu...

Michael Paoli

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Sep 28, 2009, 11:42:32 PM9/28/09

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Use:
Control-[
That will generally work the same (typically generates an escape for
most sane keyboard and operating system configurations), and is
also often handy in that the Control and [ keys tend to jump around
less in position from keyboard to keyboard compared to the escape
key.

Same can be applied in the case of backspace - use Control-H

Arif Khokar

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Oct 5, 2009, 6:28:00 PM10/5/09

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You could also use Control-C. The problem with Control-[ is, IME, I
tend to hit Control-P instead (which triggers word completion).