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https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner/issues/660 https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner/issues/660 You should probably consider reading this if you are on 10.12 or

• dopu 10y ago
  Seconding this. I'm now unable to use CAPS LOCK on my Mac as ESC, which makes using vim slightly more of a pain.
  • melling 10y ago
    I upgraded to the Sierra beta yesterday and the i and h keys were reversed on my external mechanical keyboards. Seemed a bit strange.
    • evanrelf 10y ago
      Happened to me too: https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/64304 https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/64304
      • falconed 10y ago
        I downgraded to el cap solely because karabiner stopped working in sierra.
      • melling 10y ago
        My 'a' key didn't work either. I filed a radar yesterday.
    • Someone 10y ago
      Upgraded to the Sierra beta? Why? The real thing has been out since September 20.
      • robotmlg 10y ago
        10.12.1 beta is already out
  • evanrelf 10y ago
    System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard > Modifier Keys... > Set Caps Lock Key to Escape
    • apetresc 10y ago
      I don't believe 'Escape' is one of the options. On macOS Sierra, as for every previous version for me, the only choices to remap through the prefPane are "Caps Lock", "Control", "Option", and "Command". Hence why Seil/KarabinerElements is the first thing I install on a new Mac.
      • robgough 10y ago
        Apparently the latest beta (10.12.1) has support for this natively. https://github.com/tekezo/Seil/issues/68#issuecomment-250195039 https://github.com/tekezo/Seil/issues/68#issuecomment-250195...
        • apetresc 10y ago
          Oh, well then! Looking forward to the first Sierra update, in that case :) I really did not expect Apple to finally fill this gap that has been around for so many years.
        • evanrelf 10y ago
          Yeah, sorry I didn't specify. I am running the latest macOS Sierra beta.
        • jaimebuelta 10y ago
          Interesting. It really has, but I didn't see it before. I was using Karabiner to set caps lock to control AND escape when pressed independently, something extremely useful to use Vim and command line. This doesn't appear to be supported, unfortunately.
      • quinndupont 10y ago
        And at least for me, the system preference switches simply don't work for my external keyboard (it can't seem to fully understand the difference between an internal keyboard and an external keyboard).
  • codyb 10y ago
    I map escape to jj which is pretty useful. Thanks to some article somewhere years ago fir that.
• xwvvvvwx 10y ago
  Karabiner-Elements works perfectly for me on 10.12 (I only use it to remap caps-lock to escape). https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements
  • statictype 10y ago
    That's exactly what I use it for and just set it up yesterday. The instructions on the home page are fairly abysmal though.
    • rgoodwintx 10y ago
      Ditto to the readme on GH. The key (ahem) bits: 1. Create ~/.karabiner.d/configuration/karabiner.json 2. Put some stuff in it (my simple example below) 3. Install the app from the GH page. Key definitions are in the source code, but if you check the Issues discussion on the Elements project, you'll probably find good examples to send you on your way. Sample karabiner.json: { "profiles": [ { "name": "Default profile", "selected": true, "simple_modifications": { "right_option": "delete_forward" } } ] }
    • geerlingguy 10y ago
      Try these instead :) http://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2016/remapping-caps-lock-key-escape-macos-sierra http://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2016/remapping-caps-lock-ke... The next Sierra release might allow the Esc key to be remapped natively, through the Keyboard System Preferences...
  • jagger27 10y ago
    I do a similar thing: Caps Lock mapped to Control on hold and also Escape on tap.
    • rathrio 10y ago
      How did you manage to do that with Karabiner Elements?
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