Is it possible to remap the Esc key to another key in Vim ? When I’m using Vim in a full screen VMware vSphere web client console window and I press the Esc key to exit edit mode, it also takes me out of full screen mode in the console window. I am using the Vim that comes from the RHEL YUM repo. (RHEL 7.5; Vim .
10/6/2017 · The most optimal Esc > remapping . Adam P. Regasz-Rethy. Oct 5, 2017 · 5 min read. I have been using vim for only several months, so I am no master. However, I have gone through numerous changes …
How to make vim use some other key to do Escape? Create a file at ~/.vimrc, and put the following make jj do esc inoremap jj Esc > make esc do nothing inoremap Esc > this will make ?jj? do Escape, and disable the Escape key. (thanks to 00Davo[see Programer Hand Health: vi Esc Key Syndrome#comment-1426377905]), I saw the vim wiki tips and it says that in order to remap Esc to CAPS LOCK you have to edit the following windows code: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout] Scancode Map=hex:00,00,00,00…
Map caps lock to escape in Windows | Vim Tips Wiki | Fandom, Avoid the escape key | Vim Tips Wiki | Fandom, Map caps lock to escape in Windows | Vim Tips Wiki | Fandom, Map caps lock to escape in Windows | Vim Tips Wiki | Fandom, 5/14/2017 · Edit your .vimrc file. vi ~/.vimrc. Add the following entry. imap jj Esc > note: you can see I have a similar mapping for kk but I honestly rarely use it. Save it and that’s it :wq. Relaunch Vim …
On 28/01/11 3:56 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > Is it possible to remap CTRL-I to ‘Escape’ in insert mode without > remapping at the same time? > > I normally use CTRL+[ because the Escape key on my laptop is impossible > to reach but even that is not really comfortable. No, this isn’t currently possible with Vim . I don’t think it will ever be possible with terminal Vim . But one day it …
Introduction. For vim users, rebinding CAPS LOCK to the ESCAPE key makes it easier to switch modes. For Emacs users, it’s helpful to rebind CAPS LOCK to the CTRL key. Here are instructions on how to map your CAPS LOCK key to either ESCAPE or CTRL for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Just like Emacs users remap CapsLock to Ctrl some Vim users (me included) remap CapsLock to Esc . This works for any *nix using X11. Use xev -event keyboard (and then press CapsLock) to get the keycode for the CapsLock key (for me it is keycode 66). Then you can use xmodmap to remap the key: xmodmap -e ‘remove Lock = Caps_Lock’ -e ‘keycode 66 …
