I find that i get stuck in insert mode a lot

escape acts as a prefix

how do I leave insert mode if both esc and ctrl-[ don't work?

oh, I think it's from hitting Ctrl-z

@grazfather ah, hitting C-z takes you to Emacs editing state, cursor turns blue. C-z will take you back again

yucky. I wouldn't know how to use it, but I apparently hit it accidentally. How can I unmap it?

@grazfather to unmap the key should be something like this in the .spacemacs file, in the dotspacemacs/user-config section

(define-key global-map (kbd "C-z") nil)

Thank you!

I think SPC f e R should load in the change, otherwise SPC q r to restart Emacs.

Hm, that doesn't seem to work.

Sorry, copy paste error, I forgot to change the k to a z... updated in the post above

no that wasn't it, i figured that part

I had to use global-map not global-state-map

Its probably defined in a different keyboard map

wait that doesnt' work either

yeah i will unmap it manually in all of them

SPC h d K will describe a key map

oh wow ty