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

On 10/10/13 05:02, Michael Hernandez wrote:
>
>> On Oct 9, 2013, at 10:20 PM, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/10/13 16:34, Steve Litt wrote:
>>> On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 05:54:48 +0200
>>> Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, keyboards often are sold at garage sales for three bucks
>>> apiece, and a lot of them have the layout and feel you like. I'm pretty
>>> sure that for this entire century I've been using used keyboards on my
>>> daily driver computer, either old Compaqs, or occasionally, old IBM
>>> clickety-clacks.
>>
>> Never seen a garage sale hereabouts, not to mention a keyboard with a Belgian AZERTY layout ( http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/other/keybbe.htm ) offered in one. Are you sure? I use the Esc key (in programs other than Vim) seldom enough that I don't feel the need for it, but if I did I would either buy a new keyboard or go to a second-hand shop.
>>
>
> Late to the party here but am I the only one who uses CTRL - [ as an escape "key" 99% of the time? I went weeks with a broken esc key, only changed it when it made pair programming suck.

You're probably not the only one but using Ctrl+[ on my AZERTY keyboard
means AltGr+Ctrl+(the key right of P) and that's a PITA.
>
> --Mike H
>

Best regards,
Tony.
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