For future reference, Photoshop is definitely the culprit. Searching on 'Photoshop escape key' brings up lots of hits.
I solved my problem with an Autohotkey script (I use that program anyway). Information can be found at http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/20226/how-to-fix-photoshop-breaking-the-escape-key-in-windows/ . On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Garner Halloran <[email protected]> wrote: > Sigh, sorry to waste your time. First I realized that Launchy was a good > way to test Escape (it wasn't working). Then I shutdown some programs one > by one and for some dumb reason Photoshop made the problem go away. I'll > have to do more testing to see if that's always the trigger. > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Garner Halloran <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Using gvim 7.3 (2010 Aug 15) on Windows 7. For about a week or so I will >> suddenly lose the ability to use the escape key. I'll be happily vimming >> and it does nothing. I can use Ctrl-C and Ctrl-[. If I check the mappings >> it says that <Esc> is mapped to <Esc>. >> >> I've been using this version of vim for at least a year if not longer. >> This isn't a new computer. I don't believe it's a plugin because I've >> tried running gvim without plugins. >> >> I'm guessing it's something else on my computer messing with Escape, but >> I can't for the life of me figure out another program that uses Escape to >> see if it's only restricted to vim. >> >> A reboot fixes the problem, but I'd rather not have to do that every >> other day (which is about the frequency of the problem). >> >> Any advice? >> > > -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
