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<li>VSCode Version: 1.2.0</li>
<li>OS Version: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="117521813" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/40" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/microsoft/vscode/issues/40/hovercard" href="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/40">#40</a>-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux</li>
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<p dir="auto">Escape is bound to close the new terminal window feature, this is frustrating since some terminal applications use escape as a key to do certain things ( such as escape the application ).</p>
<p dir="auto">I am now stranded in vim, with no way of getting out within my embedded terminal.</p>
<p dir="auto">Steps to Reproduce:</p>
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<li>Open a terminal.</li>
<li>Press ESC.</li>
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<p dir="auto">Integrated terminal master issue: <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="117735786" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/143" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/microsoft/vscode/issues/143/hovercard" href="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/143">#143</a></p>
<p dir="auto">Open question: Currently pressing <kbd>esc</kbd> will hide the terminal, this can be a problem for some terminal programs, for example <code class="notranslate">vim</code>. Perhaps this should be configurable?</p>