From: Iouri Kloubakov <ykloubakov@...>
Date: 2004-12-19T15:00:47+09:00
Subject: Re: vi useability question

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lothar Scholz [mailto:mailinglists@scriptolutions.com] 
> Sent: December 18, 2004 18:07
> 
> i played a little bit with VI because i plan to add a 
> compatibility mode to ArachnoRuby and i found that returning 
> from input to command mode with escape breaks the VI rule of 
> leaving your hands on the keyboard.
> 
> I found that Control-I would be much better (and easy to 
> remember) then escape.
> 
> Is this just my personal problem or do others feel the same ?

Others do feel the same.  Please check the following tip
(Tip #285: Don't use the escape key!):

http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=285

I personally map <S-Enter> to <Esc> -- that works both on Windows
and Linux.

Regards,
Yura.