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[lathiat]

I have the same keyboard and same problem. I am desperately hoping that Apple is (a) using some taptic magic to make it easy to feel the edges between keys (this is possible from the original haptic/taptic research) and (b) requires a CLICK instead of a TOUCH to reduce accidental touches. A physical escape key wouldn't have gone astray either, as a power terminal user particularly with vim -- different escape keys (no matter how good or bad, simply being different in tactility) also drive me a bit batty.

[egeozcan → lathiat]

Maybe you move your finger on the bar and see where you are real-time and release to execute? That'd be great - especially if combined with tactile feedback.

[dijit → lathiat]

^C and C-[ is escape in vim too, so it's not /as/ painful if you change your habits.

[qb45 → dijit]

Actually ^C and ESC aren't exactly equivalent.

  CTRL-C          Quit insert mode, go back to Normal mode.  Do not check for
                  abbreviations.  Does not trigger the |InsertLeave| autocommand
                  event.

^[ however is. Personally, I use ^[ to avoid reaching to actual ESC and ^C to exit any weird states entered by misclicks.

[nothrabannosir → qb45]

Notably, ctrl-c doesn't apply your changes from ctrl-v mode across all other lines. Minor, but still.