Monday, October 25, 2010

Re: Avoiding the escape timeout

On Mon, October 25, 2010 6:05 am, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Oct 24, 6:52 am, Christian Brabandt <cbli...@256bit.org> wrote:
>> All I can say is, this happens on purpose. It doesn't feel right, but
>> may be there is a reason for it.
>
> :help c_<Esc>
>
> *c_<Esc>*
> <Esc> When typed and 'x' not present in 'cpoptions', quit
> Command-line mode without executing. In macros or when 'x'
> present in 'cpoptions', start entered command.
> Note: If your <Esc> key is hard to hit on your keyboard, train
> yourself to use CTRL-[.
>
> Note the "in macros" text. Apparently this also applies to mappings.
> The "when typed" certainly does not apply to mappings.

Yes. But I am asking, why it behaves that way. If I map ESC to a diferent
key, I want it to behave like ESC and not to do something different.

regards,
Christian

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