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Dear Apple, as a Vim user, the only thing that will get me to buy your touchbar macbook is a stamp that says "Made in the USA". I will learn Emacs to buy that l
by killjoywashere 7y ago
Dear Apple, as a Vim user, the only thing that will get me to buy your touchbar macbook is a stamp that says "Made in the USA". I will learn Emacs to buy that laptop.
- lallysingh 7y agoWhat kind of price differential would you pay?
- killjoywashere 7y agoThe cost of learning Emacs.
- wwweston 7y agoWhat's the differential between an Apple laptop purchase and no Apple laptop purchase?
- lallysingh 7y agoFor equivalent hardware & case materials, not much. But it'll cost more to make in the US.
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- iezepov 7y agoMy life changed when I remapped caps look to be Esc. You don't even need any third-party software or configs to do that.
- povertyworld 7y agoIs the whole escape key thing a joke that I'm not in on? Why don't you just use the part of the touchbar that is exactly the same as an escape key all the way down to saying "esc"? I don't get it man.
- ctab 7y agoIt's not the same. If you're used to typing without looking at your keyboard, a fake key on the touchbar does not compare to an actual key where you can feel without looking that your finger is in the right place, and can know by the key travel that you've actually pressed it. It's pretty much the same as the difference between a car where the air conditioner and radio knobs are a touch screen vs. being real knobs that you can safely adjust while driving.
- zenexer 7y agoWhile I'd normally agree, in this case, I have to disagree. Because the position of the button (proximity to the edge of the case and top-left corner of the keyboard), I have no trouble hitting it accurately without looking.
- burlesona 7y agoI thought that too, then I got one of the new MacBooks and used it for about a week. I stopped noticing that the escape key wasn’t a key somewhere between day 5 and 7. It’s very easy to hit, as you can trigger it by tapping anywhere on the edge of the touchbar (not just the graphical button), and thus I think it becomes very easy for your muscle memory to adjust. I would still prefer a physical function row, but it’s not that big of a deal. And actually some of the controls on the touchbar are really nice, for example the volume and brightness controls for changing all your connected displays at once.
- povertyworld 7y agoExactly. You can just swipe the corner of it like you're brushing off dust or something, and it will register as a click. It's probably less effort than having to mash down a button that far to the edge of the keyboard.
- ketzo 7y agoIt's like a car moving A/C controls to a touchscreen. Yeah, it's "the same"... but the lost of tactile feedback is a pretty dramatic thing. You really notice it when you use one.
- odiroot 7y agoThanks but that's my ComposeKey.
- simongr3dal 7y agoI have done this, and I find my self activating caps-lock on other peoples computers all the time, it has become second nature in just a few weeks. The only people who realistically need caps-lock are people writing software licenses and youtube video titles, everyone should be able to get by with the shift-key otherwise.
- rootoor 7y agoYou could just use ctrl-{ and not have to leave home row
- wyclif 7y agoIt's actually Ctrl-[