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Esc Stopped Working in Vim

Vim esc key not working

Posted on March 22, 2022 (Last modified on August 19, 2026) • Other languages: 日本語

I first hit a case where the Esc key did nothing while editing with Vim in the web console of a guest OS on ESXi. I could not leave insert mode, and of course the other keybindings did not work either. I looked around the web in case others had seen the same thing. [Read More]

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Show Invisible Characters in Vim

Show whitespace and tabs while editing in Vim

Posted on May 10, 2019 (Last modified on August 19, 2026) • Other languages: 日本語

Once you get used to Python layout and Markdown, there are times you want Vim to visualize blank lines and tabs.

Show them temporarily in Vim

: set list
: set listchars=tab:»-,trail:-,eol:↲,extends:»,precedes:«,nbsp:%,space:_

Show them permanently

Add the following to ~/.vimrc

set list
set listchars=tab:»-,trail:-,eol:↲,extends:»,precedes:«,nbsp:%,space:_

Turn the display back off

Inside Vim,

:set nolist

Reference

[Changing listchars colors for tabs, spaces, newlines, and so on in Vim (in Japanese)] (https://qiita.com/pollenjp/items/459a08a2cc59485fa08b )

Item	Description
set list	Show invisible characters
set listchars	Configure which characters to use
tab	Show tab characters
trail	Show trailing spaces
eol	Show newlines
space	Show spaces

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