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Normally keyboard-escape-quit is bound to EscEscEsc. Is it possible to rebind it to a single Esc? I never use Escape as a prefix key.
I'm running Emacs 23.0.60.1 on Windows XP.
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You can find it under key bindings and the on foot tab, the vehicle tab, etc. Scroll down to you see it. click where it says menu and lists the keybinding as escape. You will be prompted to rebind it to a different key.
Definition of Escape key a key (frequently labeled Esc) found on most computer keyboards and used for any of various functions, as to interrupt or cancel the current process or running program, or to close a pop-up window.
Rehashing other's answer, I have
(global-set-key (kbd "<escape>") 'keyboard-escape-quit)
in my .emacs file, and it works on my emacs 22 on WinXP. I also hate typing 3 ESC in a row; and from years of (windows) habits my finger goes so naturally to the escape key for getting out of anything unpleasant.
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Not to say this is right for you, but when I had this problem I taught myself to press Ctrl-g instead, which is also bound to keyboard-escape-quit by default. For me, this has the advantage of keeping my left hand pretty close to the home position, as well as leaving my Esc prefix intact.
Edit: After reading through the linked page, it's not bound to exactly the same function, and on Windows Ctrl-g can't forcibly interrupt a running command, but Ctrl-g covers 99% of what I would use Esc Esc Esc for --- aborting a command that I screwed up entering.
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