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the removal of the escape key (I'm a vim user) To overcome this keyboard limitation in vim, Control-[ maps to ESC for programs which respect ASCII codes (Termi
by AdieuToLogic 8y ago
the removal of the escape key (I'm a vim user)
To overcome this keyboard limitation in vim, Control-[ maps to ESC for programs which respect ASCII codes (Terminal and MacVim are two examples). In combination with swapping Caps Lock and Control (via System Preferences), I have found the need for an explicit ESC key greatly mitigated.
HTH
- 0binbrain 8y agoVim worked out of the box for me on my macbook. I guess someone fixed it?
- AdieuToLogic 8y agoThe built-in vim (/usr/bin/vim) as well as all ones which I've custom built all respect/use the ASCII control character values instead of requiring platform-specific keyboard scan codes. Of course, YMMV and all that ;-).