Re: mapping a substitute for the Esc key?

:-)

Thanks Daniel,

I can't do that because I use capslock all the time for its intended
purpose.

Of course, what maybe I COULD (see what I mean) do would be to make
Capslock Esc, and then make Esc capslock. I use capslock much less than
Esc.

SteveT

On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:03:56 +0800
Daniel Zhang <wodesuck@gmail.com> wrote:

> I map Caps_Lock as Esc
>
>
> 2013/2/19 Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>
>
> > On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:23:00 +1100
> > "John Beckett" <johnb.beckett@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Steve Litt wrote:
> > > > Question for all of you: What's your favorite substitute for
> > > > Esc, whether a keystroke, key combination, or key sequence?
> > >
> > > Some ideas are at:
> > > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Avoid_the_escape_key
> > >
> > > I use the bizarre method on that page involving Enter (search
> > > for "ToggleEnterMapping"). It's really weird and it took a while
> > > to get used to it, but pressing Enter is so easy and natural when
> > > one wants to terminate a command that it is now second nature.
> > > I press Ctrl-Enter in gvim to insert a manual end line, or
> > > switch off the mapping with its procedure for that.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> >
> > Thanks John,
> >
> > I wish I'd read that article years ago. Right now I'm trying jk,
> > but I might try a lot of that web page's other suggestions.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > SteveT
> >
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