title: How to save a Vim macro that contains "Escape" key presses?
body: <p>I use the following Vim macro a lot (it puts the current line inside XML tags):</p>
  
  <pre><code>I&lt;e&gt;^[A&lt;/e&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So I saved it into my .vimrc  </p>
  
  <pre><code>let @e='I&lt;e&gt;^[A&lt;/e&gt;'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it does not work.<br>
  The <code>^[</code> part means "Escape" but it is not understood as such in <code>.vimrc</code></p>
  
  <p>How can I save this macro, or any macro that contains "Escape" ?</p>