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Maybe it would work for you but it alienated all vim users out there... Now we replace the esc button with a slower softbutton for the sake of... beauty??? I am not impressed at all.

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Maybe it would work for you but it alienated all vim users out there

One guess as to my primary text editor for the last 25 years. A second guess as to how often I use the Escape key. (Hint: never.)

You are a vim user and never use esc? You either map it to another key for not apparent reason or not using it really.

For "no apparent reason"? ESC is incredibly non-ergonomic. If you use vim and don't use capslock or jj you're setting yourself up for RSI.

The use of vim requires neither the use of the Escape key nor key remapping. I'll leave the "how" as an exercise for the reader, it should be quite discoverable (discoverable for vim, anyway).

If pressing Ctrl+[ is your alternative and you prefer to press two keys instead of one then we are definitely not in the same group of people, I don't even considered an option.

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