{"id":16660,"date":"2012-09-02T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T13:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16660"},"modified":"2012-09-02T15:06:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T13:06:49","slug":"avoid-esc-in-vim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/02\/avoid-esc-in-vim\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid ESC in Vim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OK, this is one of those times when I’ve been humbled again. \u00a0I’ve been using Vim for over a decade now, and once in a while it occurred to me that using ESC to exit to normal mode is NOT the most efficient thing ever. \u00a0Maybe my little finger is too little, or maybe my keyboards are too large. \u00a0But reaching ESC with while in the middle of crazy typing session broke my concentration a few times. \u00a0But somehow I just thought that it is one of those most natural Vim things that I had to get used to. \u00a0Today, I came across something genius<\/a> that told me that I don’t have to. \u00a0If you have the same problem, edit your .vimrc<\/em> file and add the following lines:<\/p>\n

\r\n" exit to normal mode with 'jj'\r\ninoremap jj <ESC>\r\n<\/pre>\n
Once you load your new configuration, typing ‘jj<\/strong>‘ in insert mode will be equivalent to press ESC<\/strong> key. \u00a0Brilliant!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
OK, this is one of those times when I’ve been humbled again. \u00a0I’ve been using Vim for over a decade now, and once in a while it occurred to me that using ESC to exit to normal mode is NOT the most efficient thing ever. \u00a0Maybe my little finger is too little, or maybe my … Continue reading Avoid ESC in Vim<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,18,62],"tags":[1336,1079,2297,3094],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-programming","category-technology","tag-inspiration","tag-productivity","tag-text-editors","tag-vim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27613,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/23\/stack-overflow-helping-one-million-developers-exit-vim\/","url_meta":{"origin":16660,"position":0},"title":"Stack Overflow: Helping One Million Developers Exit Vim","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"OK, this one is socially funny and statistically cool - Stack Overflow question on how to exit Vim editor was viewed over a million times in the last few years. \u00a0Now, there's a breakdown of all sorts of statistics about who gets stuck in Vim the most. \u00a0It's pretty amazing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/exitvim-1024x455-500x222.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7494,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/05\/10\/vim-for-perl-developers\/","url_meta":{"origin":16660,"position":1},"title":"Vim for Perl developers","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 10, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my attempt to provide a clear and simple instructions on adopting Vim text editor for programming needs. 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