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		madlynormal on March 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Emacs is Sexy inoremap jj <esc> is what you need. Allows one to double press j to enter normal mode instead of reaching for the Esc key.

bananas on March 12, 2014 [–]

Interesting! Will try that - thanks :)

nobleach on March 12, 2014 | [–]

believe it or not, 'jk' is actually faster as you don't wait for the 'j' key to travel back up. You get so used to it though, you get upset when it's not there by default. I find it's one of the first things I do when I open vim on another machine.

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