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Discussion on: Do you know Vim can execute normal mode command while in insert mode?

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David Cantrell

I've been vimming for ... I don't know how many years. probably since 1994 because I see that it was in Slackware 2. I didn't know about this. Thanks!

Mind you, now that I know about it I'm not sure whether I'll use it. <ESC> command i is soooo deeply ingrained in my muscle-memory that I'm not sure I'll ever be able to stop doing it :-)

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Igor Irianto

I agree. It is ingrained in my muscle memory too - and I haven't used vim for more than 2 years!
Learning to be more thoughtful when I'm typing and breaking from the <Esc> normal-command habit slowly... :) This is going to take a while!