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serious people map caps lock to escape! Seriously though, using the corner esc key to get into normal mode sucked anyway.

by ves 9y ago

monocasa 9y ago
Or get a computer with a sane keyboard.
radicaldreamer 9y ago
What do people map control to then? The fundamental problem for this era of computing seems to be that people's needs/workflows are fragmenting while devices are converging, becoming more proprietary and one-size-fits-all. Will there be a backlash to this? Possibly, but if dealing with a shitty keyboard is the cost of getting a high-end machine with great build quality, maybe not. People will come up with more and more workarounds to fix something which wasn't a problem a few years ago.
- nicky0 9y ago
  I map ctrl to ctrl
  - radicaldreamer 9y ago
    lol... but Mac keyboards have small ctrl keys!! :)
- bitexploder 9y ago
  I mean... Dell and PC still have plenty of options. My Pixel has a headphone Jack. My laptop can be upgradeable... I am not sure I buy the one size fits all argument. That is mostly an Apple thing. Also, while it's true Apple quality was higher the last few generations are much worse. We have had numerous service issues come up, keyboards now break... I can't see Apple quality being what it once was.
- eloisant 9y ago
  A few days ago my OS and applications were all customized to death, I had huge dotfiles to cater to my specific needs. But now I decided it's easier to learn the "standard" configuration than to configure every computer I have to touch.
- saladeen 9y ago
  Let me let you in on a big mac daddy secret sauce: Map both ctrl and esc to caps lock key: when it's pressed and released on its own, it sends an Esc; when it's used as a modifier key (pressed together with another key), it sends a Ctrl. 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-...
  - ves 9y ago
    +1000 this is what I use and it's amazing.
whataretensors 9y ago
I type in dvorak but I've never been able to stop the escape spamming. Habits are strange.

serious people map caps lock to escape! Seriously though, using the corner esc key to get into normal mode sucked anyway.

by ves 9y ago

serious people map caps lock to escape! Seriously though, using the corner esc key to get into normal mode sucked anyway.

monocasa 9y ago

Or get a computer with a sane keyboard.

radicaldreamer 9y ago

What do people map control to then? The fundamental problem for this era of computing seems to be that people's needs/workflows are fragmenting while devices are converging, becoming more proprietary and one-size-fits-all. Will there be a backlash to this? Possibly, but if dealing with a shitty keyboard is the cost of getting a high-end machine with great build quality, maybe not. People will come up with more and more workarounds to fix something which wasn't a problem a few years ago.

nicky0 9y ago
I map ctrl to ctrl
- radicaldreamer 9y ago
  lol... but Mac keyboards have small ctrl keys!! :)
bitexploder 9y ago
I mean... Dell and PC still have plenty of options. My Pixel has a headphone Jack. My laptop can be upgradeable... I am not sure I buy the one size fits all argument. That is mostly an Apple thing. Also, while it's true Apple quality was higher the last few generations are much worse. We have had numerous service issues come up, keyboards now break... I can't see Apple quality being what it once was.
eloisant 9y ago
A few days ago my OS and applications were all customized to death, I had huge dotfiles to cater to my specific needs. But now I decided it's easier to learn the "standard" configuration than to configure every computer I have to touch.
saladeen 9y ago
Let me let you in on a big mac daddy secret sauce: Map both ctrl and esc to caps lock key: when it's pressed and released on its own, it sends an Esc; when it's used as a modifier key (pressed together with another key), it sends a Ctrl. 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-...
- ves 9y ago
  +1000 this is what I use and it's amazing.

whataretensors 9y ago

I type in dvorak but I've never been able to stop the escape spamming. Habits are strange.