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I've always used Ctrl-[ instead of escape. it sends the same character code but keeps my hands at the home row. great for when you're on a roll and don't want to break your flow.

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Which is why 'fd' as a key combo is even more useful than Ctrl-[. The keys are right there on the home row buttons themselves!

but f is one of the best commands in vim (fX finds the next instance of X on that line only; F does the same but backwards; t/T forward/backward search and put the cursor to the left of the next instance of the following char on that line). X is a char not a regex; f. will find the next period.

if we use carat for cursor,

   this is a line of text
        ^

typing ft does

   this is a line of text
                     ^

whereas tt would

   this is a line of text
                    ^

But fd is for escaping insert mode. The commands you are talking about are not used in insert mode. That is the entire point of fd.

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