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A lot of Vim users remap <caps lock> to <esc>.

I advocate remapping jj to escape.

Put this in your .vimrc or just try it out from the command bar:

inoremap jj <Esc>

In Vim, you can use CTRL-[.

I expand on this by remapping capslock to control. This is very useful and comfortable in vi and elsewhere.