Felix: > You could use "ZZ", only one char more and skips the mapping.
Well, I have mapped Z to insert my .sig file. Removing that I tried ZZ and found that it did not bring me back into vim. Also, you have to hold the shift key down. ';e' is very fast and minimal! ';' has other uses - a quick escape from vim by one character. Also I map ',' to mean ':w^M' so I can write the file out quickly. Usually I have my atchange program watching the file to do whatever I want (like run a program or typeset in LaTeX). Tom