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colordrops on Oct 2, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: To Master Vim, Use It Like Language

I prefer to avoid remappings so that I can use vim at any machine without having to figure things out, so my preference for escape is Ctrl-[. It takes a bit of getting used to but once you get it, left hand never has to reach up anymore.

coryfklein on Oct 2, 2015 [–]

I wish I could use this, but Dvorak moves that [ just a little too high for this to be practical. :(

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