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I suggest remapping Caps Lock to CTRL if you haven't remapped it already.

by btym 10y ago

nocman 10y ago
Yeah, I've seen that suggestion for many many years, but unlike evidently almost every other programmer in the known universe, I still use Caps Lock for its intended purpose (and yes, I know all of the ways I could avoid using it, but I still want to use it for that). I understand why people would like using Caps Lock for a CTRL key, as it reduces the stretch distance for many key combinations, but I don't find it enough of a problem to justify the change. So, I basically don't mind CTRL right where it is. It doesn't bother me for the things I use it for. For me, the two-handed combo of CTRL-[ is just a lot more work than the single-handed move of my ring finger to the ESC key. I don't have trouble getting my left hand back to the home row quickly after doing so either. Moving CTRL to Caps Lock would alleviate that some, perhaps, but I don't think it would be enough of an improvement to make me prefer CTRL-[ over Escape.
- to3m 10y ago
  I've always liked Control just fine where it is. Maybe my hands are weird, but I find it easier to reach than Caps Lock. I just curl my little finger a bit, and push the key with my knuckle. The layout is also symmetrical.
minitech 10y ago
I prefer remapping Caps Lock to Escape. Ctrl is already positioned pretty conveniently.
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karmajunkie 10y ago
Plug for Karabiner on OS X, which lets you use capslock as a control if you press it with another key, and escape if its released on its own. It has ruined me for other computers that don't have this set up. There's also a way to do it under Linux, but I can't remember what the package is that lets you do that.
- steeef 10y ago
  You're thinking about xcape: https://github.com/alols/xcape https://github.com/alols/xcape. FYI, Karabiner is incompatible with MacOS Sierra. There's a project (Karabiner-Elements) to replace its (and Seil's) functionality, but I don't believe it has feature parity yet: https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements
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  - karmajunkie 10y ago
    Wow thanks for the heads up... that would have been a shitty thing to discover the hard way!

I suggest remapping Caps Lock to CTRL if you haven't remapped it already.

by btym 10y ago

I suggest remapping Caps Lock to CTRL if you haven't remapped it already.

Yeah, I've seen that suggestion for many many years, but unlike evidently almost every other programmer in the known universe, I still use Caps Lock for its intended purpose (and yes, I know all of the ways I could avoid using it, but I still want to use it for that). I understand why people would like using Caps Lock for a CTRL key, as it reduces the stretch distance for many key combinations, but I don't find it enough of a problem to justify the change. So, I basically don't mind CTRL right where it is. It doesn't bother me for the things I use it for. For me, the two-handed combo of CTRL-[ is just a lot more work than the single-handed move of my ring finger to the ESC key. I don't have trouble getting my left hand back to the home row quickly after doing so either. Moving CTRL to Caps Lock would alleviate that some, perhaps, but I don't think it would be enough of an improvement to make me prefer CTRL-[ over Escape.

to3m 10y ago
I've always liked Control just fine where it is. Maybe my hands are weird, but I find it easier to reach than Caps Lock. I just curl my little finger a bit, and push the key with my knuckle. The layout is also symmetrical.

minitech 10y ago

I prefer remapping Caps Lock to Escape. Ctrl is already positioned pretty conveniently.

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karmajunkie 10y ago

Plug for Karabiner on OS X, which lets you use capslock as a control if you press it with another key, and escape if its released on its own. It has ruined me for other computers that don't have this set up. There's also a way to do it under Linux, but I can't remember what the package is that lets you do that.

steeef 10y ago
You're thinking about xcape: https://github.com/alols/xcape https://github.com/alols/xcape. FYI, Karabiner is incompatible with MacOS Sierra. There's a project (Karabiner-Elements) to replace its (and Seil's) functionality, but I don't believe it has feature parity yet: https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements
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- karmajunkie 10y ago
  Wow thanks for the heads up... that would have been a shitty thing to discover the hard way!