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New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Any...
I smash the esc key violently every time I climb myself into a corner with Emacs shortcuts and don't know how to get out.
But it's on a proper mechanical keyboard because prolonged use of builtin keyboards hurts my hands.
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C-] might be a better bet - it will cancel any active command, like C-g, and also back out of any recursive edits, while leaving your window layout intact.
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But it uses C-g as cancel, not Esc.
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keyboard-escape-quit is bound to ESC ESC ESC.
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But it's on a proper mechanical keyboard because prolonged use of builtin keyboards hurts my hands.