The escape remap is popular among users of vim or the vim keybindings in other editors since it's used there a lot. OP might have a different use, just noting it here for any vim user or prospective user who hasn't done it yet.
Just an FYI unrelated to the discussion - all versions of Claude are available in Canada through Anthropic, you don't even need third party services like Poe anymore.
The escape remap is popular among users of vim or the vim keybindings in other editors since it's used there a lot. OP might have a different use, just noting it here for any vim user or prospective user who hasn't done it yet.