h,j,k,l in vi

[Barry Shein]

An un/poorly documented feature of VI (at least this works on our
4.2bsds and SYSV/3B5 systems) is 'set notimeout' which turns off
that broken feature and *poof* no more

A
A

or whatever your tty transmits for cursor keys. You are right
Guy, it is that attempt to tell you that you hit ESC and didn't
mean it. Why didn't the vi implementors follow what the DEC folks
always do: if you hit ESC, just drop down to the mode line and say:

Are you sure?

[net.joke]

		-Barry Shein, Boston University