VIM, ESC key doesn't work - Ubuntu 20.04

Question

I'm using Git to control the different versions of my project. When reverting to a previous commit it shows a VIM terminal as expected.

Theoretically I should press ESC to write my command, but ESC key doesn't respond, and therefore I cannot give any command to VIM. It is the same in all my projects. I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 in a Lenovo ideapad.

Any help is really appreciated.

the VIM terminal that appears when trying to git revert

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 09 '22 at 21:18

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The screenshot that you have shared appears to be a nano text editor and not VIM.

See for example How to edit files in a terminal with nano?

edited Feb 09 '22 at 21:18

steeldriver

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answered Feb 09 '22 at 18:23

Milan

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Thanks. Do you think it's safe to set it up as the default editor? ubuntu sudo editor=vim – Genis Feb 09 '22 at 18:48
@Genis you could do for git only with git config --global core.editor "vim" (see this answer for more details) – mattb Feb 09 '22 at 21:50

VIM, ESC key doesn't work - Ubuntu 20.04

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