How to save a Vim macro that contains “Escape” key presses?

Question

I use the following Vim macro a lot (it puts the current line inside XML tags):

I^[A

So I saved it into my .vimrc

Answer 1

Today I discovered a vim plug-in called MARVIM (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2154).

It is capable of storing macros and executing them later using shortcuts.