Add Remove The Delay On The Escape Key as a tmux til

README.md

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 - [Paging Up And Down](tmux/paging-up-and-down.md)
 - [Pane Killer](tmux/pane-killer.md)
 - [Reclaiming The Entire Window](tmux/reclaiming-the-entire-window.md)
+- [Remove The Delay On The Escape Key](tmux/remove-the-delay-on-the-escape-key.md)
 - [Rename The Current Session](tmux/rename-the-current-session.md)
 - [Reset An Option Back To Its Default Value](tmux/reset-an-option-back-to-its-default-value.md)
 - [Show The Current Value For An Option](tmux/show-the-current-value-for-an-option.md)

tmux/remove-the-delay-on-the-escape-key.md

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+# Remove The Delay On The Escape Key
+
+By default, tmux imposes a 500ms delay on presses of the escape key. This is in
+case the escape key is used as part of a tmux key binding.
+
+I don't use the escape key for any of my tmux key bindings, but I do use the
+escape key quite in other contexts, like Vim.
+
+The 500ms delay on the escape key being registered in contexts like Vim is
+annoying at best. This delay can be removed by overriding the `escape-time`
+option.
+
+```
+set -sg escape-time 0
+```
+
+Adding this line to your `~/.tmux.conf` file will set the delay to 0ms. The
+`-s` and `-g` flags set the option for the _server_ and the _global server_
+contexts respectively.