> Ctrl-3 and Ctrl-[ could send the character. However, this is downright terrible for both vi and Emacs (as this is the only way to trigger meta commands in Emacs).
Anecdotal, but I use Ctrl-[ in vi all the time. More comfortable the escape key in my experience. I've tried jj and jk, but I inevitably end up on a system without my .exrc or init.vim at some point, and struggle. Ctrl-[ has the benefit of working everywhere.
Anecdotal, but I use Ctrl-[ in vi all the time. More comfortable the escape key in my experience. I've tried jj and jk, but I inevitably end up on a system without my .exrc or init.vim at some point, and struggle. Ctrl-[ has the benefit of working everywhere.