It surprises me that your Vim apparently doesn't know about Ctrl-\
Ctrl-G. Which Vim version is that? (Vim 8.0 was released 12-Sep-2016,
and the latest patchlevel is 8.0.1765 as of this writing.) To compile
your own Vim on Unix/Linux, see
http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm and some of
the pages linked from there. If you install your own-compiled Vim
under its default /usr/local/ directory, it will normally live happily
together in the Vim version(s) from your distro, and it will be
earlier in the $PATH.
To change from Insert mode to Normal mode for just one command (which
may be several keys e.g. 3j to go 3 lines down, or even a whole
ex-command from : to <CR>) there is also CTRL-O, see :help i_CTRL-O
(IIRC that one existed already in Vim 6 and probably before, if the
latest Vim on RedHat/Fedora doesn't know about it it might be time to
switch to another distro.)
vim-minimal is (as its name says) a minimal Vim, usually a Tiny build;
it may be packaged under the executable name "vi" and it hasn't got
all the bells and whistles in even a "normal" Vim. vim-enhanced or
even vim-gui (or all three, IIRC they can be installed together) are
usually better choices for the "serious" Vim user.
Best regards,
Tony.
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