That'll probably be neovim's terminal mode? https://neovim.io/doc/user/nvim_terminal_emulator.html you need to use <C-\><C-n> to get out and back to normal mode. I have jk mapped to that since I use jk as my escape, you might want something like :tnoremap <Esc> <C-\><C-n> that's in that help text

Okay. So far I've found :Clj! is equivalent, then a quick <Leader>cf and I'm connected.

Just want to make sure I don't have some borken config

Though I'm totally fine with starting the repl outside nvim and connecting automatically via .nrepl-port

I still tend to start outside, I like to restart nvim regularly / because I have a habit of hitting :w :qa on a regular basis after I'm done with what I wanted to do

Hah! Same.

vim is so quit/launch friendly relative to emacs

I think jack-in is good for people that REALLY want it to be a little more emacs like (not me) or want something one shot for a quick eval test. I want to add babashka support to jack-in too, so you could run that to do a quick test of some syntax

I do not agree with the emacs-like definition :) Configure dispatch to start a new window. That's what I do!

Then I open and close it as much as I like

You can even automatically run :Clj if you like, because dispatch won't run it more than necessary.

I guess if you're using tmux? Which I do through SSH but never locally

Or hook it into kitty to open a new window?

There's a built in X mode which will work too

Oh sick, I need to have a deeper look

If you uninstall neovim term dispatch, then it'll probably land on X

Too much to look at 😅