Thanks Yakov, and others for the Escape substitute ideas. I'll probably try a few of them. John
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 19:13, Yakov Lerner wrote: > On 8/2/06, Yakov Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/2/06, John Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When you type a command in vim that results in text scrolling up the > > > screen - eg :messages or :registers, you will be hit by one of two > > > comments: > > > Press ENTER or type command to continue > > > > > > OR > > > > > > -- More -- > > > > > > depending upon whether there are more lines to display. Often, I want to > > > good way to immediately go back to editing from either of these > > > situations. > > > > > > To quit the "more" situation, pressing "q" seems to be a good option. It > > > will also appear to work for the "Press ENTER or type a command" > > > situation, in that it appears to be a command which in turn clears the > > > text. > > > > > > However, in the "Press ENTER" situation, that q will be remembered as the > > > start of a command. > > > Another solution would be to remap Esc in normal mode > to suppress its visual bell: > > :nmap <esc> <nop> > > This does not make Escape key nearer, but it gets rid of > visual bell when you use Esc in response to 'Press Enter'. > > Regarding remote nature of Esc key, I solved it for myself by > I using mini-keyboard, 28x10cm. I love it. Everything is nearer > on such keyboard, fingers need to travel less. I heard other people > remap Esc key to some other less distant key. > > Yakov > > Yakov >
