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Wait! No! Caps lock is for control! I like my mac, but i guess this is my last one. My hands are cold and sweaty, so they aren't perfectly reliable with touch
by jfoutz 10y ago
Wait! No! Caps lock is for control!
I like my mac, but i guess this is my last one. My hands are cold and sweaty, so they aren't perfectly reliable with touch devices. No escape key makes me sad. It might make Apple sad, but they'll probably just cry themselves to sleep on their giant piles of money.
- ihuman 10y agoYou can make caps lock both escape and control http://www.economyofeffort.com/2014/08/11/beyond-ctrl-remap-make-that-caps-lock-key-useful/ http://www.economyofeffort.com/2014/08/11/beyond-ctrl-remap-...
- jfoutz 10y agoThat, that is very clever. Ctrl when pressing chords and esc when used alone.
- rys 10y agoBeware that one of the tools mentioned in that link, Karabiner, does not work on macOS Sierra.
- rco8786 10y agoWow, thank you thank you.
- duaneb 10y agoUnless you trigger on control alone (e.g ctrl + ctrl). This is super frustrating.
- ihuman 10y agoIs that pressing just control, or pressing the real control with the caps lock key mapped to control?
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- WildUtah 10y agoJust use kj for escape. It makes me so happy not to take my fingers off the home row where they belong. :inoremap kj <ESC> It's liberating. Also add this one temporarily to get yourself into the habit: :inoremap <ESC> esc Some people like jk instead of kj. On rare occasions I actually type the string "jk", especially when programming with quaternions or other three and four dimensional imaginary numbers. Feel free to experiment.
- Lio 10y agoThe only problem I've found with that is when using other vi like programs that don't allow insert mode mappings. I've found it easier to stick to C-[ simply because it's universally available in the terminal.
- micah94 10y agoOk old school vi user here...I'm going to admit that I no idea about ctrl-[ until your comment.