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It is usually advertised that using VIM alleviates the need of moving the hand away from home row.
However, it seems that instead of going to CTRL, I am stretching my hand to ESC all the time.
Note: I am a new vim user and I am trying to migrate from Notepad (windows) to VIM. I am asking this question, in case there is some issue in my use or understanding of VIM philosophy.
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Ctrl - [ sends the same character to the terminal as the physical Esc key. The latter is simply a shortcut for the former, generally. I once had a real vt220 terminal, and its keyboard does not have a Escape key. Pressing Ctrl+[ was the only way to generate Escape .
If you use Vim in a terminal, simply press alt/meta+normal_mode_key. Most terminals send an escape character followed by the normal_mode_key that you pressed, removing the need to press escape yourself. Thus in insert mode pressing alt+h alt+j alt+k alt+l all take you to normal mode and move in the expected direction.
Exit Vim Using a Shortcut Key In addition to command mode, Vim also has the option for shortcut keys: To save a file in Vim and exit, press Esc > Shift + ZZ. To exit Vim without saving, press Esc > Shift + ZX.
Why is my Esc button not working? There could be a number of reasons why the Esc button is not working on your Windows 11/10 PC. But a simple fix to the issue is by pressing the Shift and Escape keys. When the Esc key is not working, you can try pressing the key combination Shift + Esc to close the app.
When vi was originally written, it was written on this keyboard layout:
Note that the Esc is where Tab is on most modern day keyboard layouts and was much less of a stretch. This also explains why hjkl are the proper "arrow" keys in vim and why some of the other common keys in vim may seem like unusual selections.
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