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I used jj for a while as well, but once I found out that ctrl-C did the same thing out of the box, that became my "esc" key> (it's also important to remap caps lock to control, on the mac its easy: System Preferences->Keyboard->Keyboard->Modifier Keys)

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Note: that isn't exactly the same--using Esc will trigger InsertLeave autocommands, Ctrl-C will not.

imap <c-c> <esc>

Now it does.

As graywh says, ctrl-c is not the exact same as escape. If you want something standard which is, try ctrl-[. Harder to type, I know.

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