lost_tortie

joined 7 months ago
[–] lost_tortie@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

What a vile, lying, manipulative piece of shit 🖕

[–] lost_tortie@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

In Vim’s predecessor, vi, switching modes was easy, with the ESC key located neatly by the Q on the keyboard of the ADM-3A terminal. On modern keyboards, though, it’s a pain ...

A simple trick in vim to alleviate the pain of reaching for the ESC key is using alt + l.

However, this may or may not work depending on the install. I don't remember what exactly this keybind is for but on some systems I've seen it insert a special character. I've found it typically works with vim-enhanced and neovim.