For me it was the same. Using ESC is really ergonomically awkward for me. There are also people using Ctrl-C (which works by default) - but I prefer the 'jj' or

For me it was the same. Using ESC is really ergonomically awkward for me. There are also people using Ctrl-C (which works by default) - but I prefer the 'jj' or similar method. It's also useful to use Bash in vim-mode and also remap the esc-key, e.g. set editing-mode vi set keymap vi $if mode=vi set keymap vi-insert "jj": vi-movement-mode $endif Something like this - you can then search Bash history via '/', etc.