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vim command- escape key

Open ifuchs opened this issue 6 years ago • 7 comments

How does one enter ESC to be able to issue : commands?

ifuchs avatar Dec 09 '19 18:12 ifuchs

The third key from the left on the extra toolbar above the keyboard is Escape. The extra keys are, from left to right: tab, control, escape (large white space) up-down-left-right.

holzschu avatar Dec 09 '19 21:12 holzschu

⌘. on macOS and iOS also sends ESC. :)

ryanbooker avatar Apr 26 '20 10:04 ryanbooker

On german keyboards you can also get out of insert mode by typing <Ctrl-Ä>

normen avatar Apr 26 '20 12:04 normen

Hi, thank you very much for the ⌘. trick. I have been using an iPad with an external keyboard for roughly 10 years, and I found out today.

holzschu avatar Apr 26 '20 12:04 holzschu

I found out about two days ago. :) It's apparently been an apple OSes shortcut forever. :)

ryanbooker avatar Apr 27 '20 01:04 ryanbooker

The most convenient escape for me is Ctrl + [, which seems to be universal. This combination works on both iSH and a-Shell.

chchen2021 avatar Aug 17 '21 04:08 chchen2021

On german keyboards you can also get out of insert mode by typing <Ctrl-Ä>

Ctrl-A also works for British keyboard

avltree9798 avatar Apr 16 '24 10:04 avltree9798