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I have a programmable keyboard, so I just map escape to be right above tab, where tilde usually is.

sotojuan 10y ago
I use Karabiner + Seil to make my Macbook Pro's Caps Lock be Escape when hit by itself and Control when hit with another key. Unfortunately this doesn't work on Sierra yet so still on El Cap.
- lathiat 10y ago
  the lack of tilde doesn't drive you mad? This is built-into my Lenovo Carbon X1 (gen2) keyboard, drives me bananas as I use tilde quite a bit (being home on linux): http://www.lenovo.com/images/gallery/1060x596/lenovo-laptop-thinkpad-x1-carbon-2-keyboard-3.jpg http://www.lenovo.com/images/gallery/1060x596/lenovo-laptop-... What kills me more though is that "Shift" is now caps-lock if you double hit it (because home/end are where capslock normally is). The standard way I wake up a machine when it's locked/asleep/blanked? Tapping the left shift key a few times. ergh. Should get a gen3, they reverted to a more sane keyboard layout.
- vlunkr 10y ago
  They are working on a new version that for sierra: https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements. I'm using it. It works, but you have to configure it by editing a json file, and there are some bugs still
yes_or_gnome 10y ago
Are you using a US-QWERTY keyboard layout? If so you're losing "switch case" (~); close alternatives are 'gu' lowercase, and 'gU' uppercase, not quite the same. And, "goto mark" operator (`); close alternatives is "goto mark, beginning of line" operator (').
- rhinoceraptor 10y ago
  Yes, I use an Ergodox keyboard. My `-=\ keys are right below my zxcv keys.
qwertyuiop924 10y ago
I have xmodmap. All keyboards are programmable. I do the control-capslock rebind, as is traditional among Emacs users. I also typically use a Unicomp Model-M style keyboard, complete with springs. But that's an entirely different flame war.
- rhinoceraptor 10y ago
  Yeah, it's just nice to have the layout in hardware. And programming your own keyboard can be fun.
clifanatic 10y ago
I recall reading somewhere that Stallman's keyboard had the CTRL key where the (totally useless) caps-lock key is on modern keyboards, and that's why he used CTRL+ combinations throughout emacs.
- petepete 10y ago
  The most perfect keyboard ever envisioned (whose name shall not be mentioned) has the CTRL key there. It has no dedicated caps-lock key at all.
  - qwertyuiop924 10y ago
    No, the Model M had a capslock there. It's one of its great failings. ;-)

I use Karabiner + Seil to make my Macbook Pro's Caps Lock be Escape when hit by itself and Control when hit with another key. Unfortunately this doesn't work on Sierra yet so still on El Cap.

lathiat 10y ago
the lack of tilde doesn't drive you mad? This is built-into my Lenovo Carbon X1 (gen2) keyboard, drives me bananas as I use tilde quite a bit (being home on linux): http://www.lenovo.com/images/gallery/1060x596/lenovo-laptop-thinkpad-x1-carbon-2-keyboard-3.jpg http://www.lenovo.com/images/gallery/1060x596/lenovo-laptop-... What kills me more though is that "Shift" is now caps-lock if you double hit it (because home/end are where capslock normally is). The standard way I wake up a machine when it's locked/asleep/blanked? Tapping the left shift key a few times. ergh. Should get a gen3, they reverted to a more sane keyboard layout.
vlunkr 10y ago
They are working on a new version that for sierra: https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements. I'm using it. It works, but you have to configure it by editing a json file, and there are some bugs still

yes_or_gnome 10y ago

Are you using a US-QWERTY keyboard layout? If so you're losing "switch case" (~); close alternatives are 'gu' lowercase, and 'gU' uppercase, not quite the same. And, "goto mark" operator (`); close alternatives is "goto mark, beginning of line" operator (').

rhinoceraptor 10y ago
Yes, I use an Ergodox keyboard. My `-=\ keys are right below my zxcv keys.

qwertyuiop924 10y ago

I have xmodmap. All keyboards are programmable. I do the control-capslock rebind, as is traditional among Emacs users. I also typically use a Unicomp Model-M style keyboard, complete with springs. But that's an entirely different flame war.

rhinoceraptor 10y ago
Yeah, it's just nice to have the layout in hardware. And programming your own keyboard can be fun.

clifanatic 10y ago

I recall reading somewhere that Stallman's keyboard had the CTRL key where the (totally useless) caps-lock key is on modern keyboards, and that's why he used CTRL+ combinations throughout emacs.

petepete 10y ago
The most perfect keyboard ever envisioned (whose name shall not be mentioned) has the CTRL key there. It has no dedicated caps-lock key at all.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  No, the Model M had a capslock there. It's one of its great failings. ;-)