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Ask HN: Purchased the new MacBook and work with Vim? What did you do?
I have the older version of the MacBook pro and can now switch to the new one at work.
I work with Vim, meaning I use the ESC key quite often.
Do you have the new MBpro? Work with Vim? What did you do?
- lkurusa 8y agoRemapped Caps Lock to Esc...
- avitzurel 8y agoI thought about that, I have it mapped to CTRL. I also have the muscle memory to reach for the ESC. Did you have it mapped this way on a previous computer?
- lkurusa 8y agoNot really, I used ^C as an alternative to Esc for a while. Sadly, ^C isn't entirely the same as pressing Esc or ^] .
- snazz 8y agoThe contortion required to get your pinkie up to escape versus just pressing caps lock is pretty significant. Some people say that they get “vim pinkie” RSI as a result of making that awkward movement, the same as Emacs pinkie on Ctrl in the bottom left.
- lkurusa 8y agoI just checked - I'm actually using my left ring finger instead of my pinkie for some reason.
- AngeloR 8y agoI ended up remapping `jj` to `ESC`. I use vim+tmux and so I remapped Caps Lock to CTRL.
- avitzurel 8y agoHow does that work? I had no idea you can map a combination to a key.