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I remapped capslock to esc and never looked back. In fact, I’ve gotten so used to it that I remap “normal” keyboards too. I use esc way more often than I’d ever
by jakear 7y ago
I remapped capslock to esc and never looked back. In fact, I’ve gotten so used to it that I remap “normal” keyboards too. I use esc way more often than I’d ever use capslock, so having it at the pinky is perfect.
- reaperducer 7y agoI remapped that way, and had to go back. I work on a lot of different computers in a week, and some of them aren't mine, so it's more useful for me to stick to the default map instead of getting things wrong on half of the machines.
- o-__-o 7y agoThis thread reminds me of using Dvorak back in 1999. Sure it may be better, it may even be faster.. but what happens in 20 years when I’m the only sucker using that layout? Take my own keyboard everywhere?
- wyclif 7y agoEven though I have a 2017 MBP 13" with the Escape key, I still use Ctrl-[ to change modes in Vim. I'm not a fan of the Touch Bar, but it probably wouldn't interfere with my Vim workflow.
- constmu 7y agoDo you find changing modes with ctrl-[ superior to changing modes with caps lock key that has been remapped to Escape?
- wyclif 7y agoI do, but not because there's anything wrong with that remapping. It's that I already have Caps Lock mapped to Ctrl/Command, as in UNIX or Sun workstation keyboard style. So, when I press `Ctrl-[` only my right pinky leaves the home row, and it's hardly much of a move, since the `[` key is above and to the right of `;`.
- saltsaltsalts 7y agoHoly Crap! Thank you, I never use capslock and now I never will! Still vote to add a physical key in the top left.... please....
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- JoshTriplett 7y agoI remap capslock to "Super" (the logo key), which makes it much easier to invoke keyboard shortcuts like Super-L (lock screen), Super-left/right/up/down (left-maximize, right-maximize, full-maximize, restore), and Super-F (fullscreen).
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- blablabla123 7y agoYup, some years ago I used vim a lot on macOS and did the same. This was sooo much more practical than the escape key in the upper left. > I use esc way more often than I’d ever use capslock, so having it at the pinky is perfect. I think every 2 years I have a proper use case for it ;)