Why is ctrl-[ not better? You split the workload between two hands. You -do- have the useless, enormous capslock key remapped to control, right? ;-) Anyway, i

Why is ctrl-[ not better? You split the workload between two hands. You -do- have the useless, enormous capslock key remapped to control, right? ;-) Anyway, it's common to remap jj or jk to esc.