[protomikron]

For me it was the same. Using ESC is really ergonomically awkward for me. There are also people using Ctrl-C (which works by default) - but I prefer the 'jj' or similar method.

It's also useful to use Bash in vim-mode and also remap the esc-key, e.g.

  set editing-mode vi
  set keymap vi

  $if mode=vi
    set keymap vi-insert
    "jj": vi-movement-mode
  $endif

Something like this - you can then search Bash history via '/', etc.