Re: ESC key stopped working -- any alternate for menuless vim to get to normal mode?

On 08/10/13 05:07, Andrei Olsen wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 4:44:48 AM UTC+2, Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> For some unknown reason, my ESC key does not work -- neither on the
>>
>> laptop keyboard nor on an external keyboard. Is there an alternate to
>>
>> make VIM (without any menus) get back to normal mode?
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>>
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>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> --Suresh
>
> This should help:
> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Avoid_the_escape_key
>

Yes, that wiki page has the info almost at the top.

FWIW, my own Esc key is broken (the electronics are OK but the key
itself has come unstuck then got lost). In programs other than Vim I
actuate it, when needed, with the tail end of a teaspoon. In Vim I could
use Ctrl+[ (the ASCII synonym for Esc, which to Vim is just the same
thing) except that on this Belgian AZERTY keyboard, [ is AltGr+Dead^
which makes the Ctrl+[ combo a little awkward to use; so I use Ctrl+C
instead.

I've tested this (with a GTK2/Gnome2 GUI-enabled Vim, if it makes any
difference) in gvim, in vim in konsole (X11 terminal by KDE), and in vim
in the linux console (pure-text non-X11 terminal); Ctrl-C works
identically in all three AFAICT.

It is mentioned at several places in the help that on DOS/Windows,
Ctrl-Break works the same way too, which allows to use Ctrl-C as the
{lhs} of a mapping to do something else (e.g. if you use the infamous
mswin.vim, which remaps Ctrl-C to copy-to-clipboard, i.e. "+y or similar).


Best regards,
Tony.
--
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-- Francis Bacon

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