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Tip 314 Previous Next Created: August 14, 2002 Complexity: intermediate Author: Alex A. Naanou Version: 5.7

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This is for programmers too lazy to move their hands to reach the far away Esc key. Actually the less your hands move around the faster you type.

Here is a small snippet from my mappings file, ready to speed things up. The key overloading might be a somewhat confusing at first.

imap <S-Space> <Esc>l
imap <C-CR> <Esc>o
imap <S-CR> <Esc>O

nmap <S-Space> i
nmap <Space><Space> i
nnoremap <CR> o
nmap <S-CR> O

[edit] Comments

I would rather extend my pinky quickly to <Esc> than pressing two keys at the same time. What is wrong with <Esc> key?

By trying to press <SHIFT> "and" <SPACE> at the same time, your whole hand is already moved downward, which actually delays the process. I think that you are not a touch typist, in which case this is not bothering at all. However, for the touch typist, moving the whole hand is the most annoying thing.

By pressing <Esc> alone with your pinkie, you don't need to move your whole hand, and get back to the your typing very quickly without looking at the keyboard.

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