diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index a2a00b1..5cf5209 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -208,9 +208,6 @@ nmap <leader>r :%s#\<<C-r>=expand("<cword>")<CR>\>#
 "" strip all trailing whitespace in the current file
 nnoremap <leader>W :%s/\s\+$//e<cr>:let @/=''<CR>
 
-"" insert path of current file into a command
-cmap <C-P> <C-R>=expand("%:p:h") . "/" <CR>
-
 "" fast editing of the .vimrc
 nmap <silent> <leader>ev :e $MYVIMRC<cr>
 nmap <silent> <leader>sv :so $MYVIMRC<cr>
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 9718714..5e6d84b 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ alias ls='ls --color=tty'
 # keybindings
 
 bindkey -v
+export KEYTIMEOUT=1
+
+# prevent 2*ESC-i insert-mode switch failure
+noop () { }
+zle -N noop
+bindkey -M vicmd '\e' noop
+
 bindkey '^P' up-history
 bindkey '^N' down-history