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I think you're supposed to map Caps to be an ESC key in vim, just like most people who use emacs map it to be an extra Ctrl.

• aperiodic 16y ago
  No, you map it to Ctrl, and use Ctrl-[ instead of Esc.
  • bilban 16y ago
    Can't you just use ctrl-c?
    • aperiodic 16y ago
      I find it easier to hit ctrl-[, but yeah, ctrl-c does the same thing.
      • bilban 16y ago
        depends where that C is I guess, the Sholes (qwerty) placement of the [ might strain ones pinky! There is something satisfying about banging the escape key hard.
• andrewl 16y ago
  I have jj mapped to Esc in insert mode. If you type it quickly, the two j characters vanish and you escape out of insert mode. If you type them slowly, or preface them with ^v, you get two j characters in your text. I rarely need two j's in my text, of course, so it's a good escape key sequence, but pick whatever you want. I chose jj because it keeps me on home row.