You could have just typed CTRL+[ or CTRL+C, both exit insert mode in Vi. It's in...

		icebraining on June 16, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Actually using Ed You could have just typed CTRL+[ or CTRL+C, both exit insert mode in Vi. It's in the man page: http://nixdoc.net/man-pages/hp-ux/man1/vi.1.html