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Welcome to Vi and Vim bo0k! Your post was automatically flagged as being low-quality because it's short and mostly code—it would be better if you could give some explanation with the answer. You can edit to do so. (Off the top of my head, I happen to know this works in xterm-like terminals because Alt + key sends escape sequences that actually include triggering <esc>.)

D. Ben Knoble
– D. Ben Knoble

2020-05-04 20:49:12 +00:00
Commented May 4, 2020 at 20:49
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Alt+e will send <Esc>e, so it actually exits insert mode and issues the e command (to go to the end of the word). A useful shortcut in some cases perhaps, but it does more than just "exit insert mode" :-) You see which characters are sent to Vim by using <C-v><Alt-e> in insert mode; that will insert the literal characters.

Martin Tournoij
– Martin Tournoij

2020-05-05 01:18:39 +00:00
Commented May 5, 2020 at 1:18

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