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Guaranteed anyone who doesn’t mind just doesn’t need to use escape very much. The problem with touchbar is it’s hard to use without looking at it - like most p

Guaranteed anyone who doesn’t mind just doesn’t need to use escape very much. The problem with touchbar is it’s hard to use without looking at it - like most professionals do because it’s just muscle memory. Give me a real escape and I won’t mind the rest being a touch Bar. But I hope they make it like gaming keyboards that have real keys with tiny lcd displays on so you can customise the function but still have a real key to press.

alashow 7y ago
You can map your Caps Lock key to Esc.
- rbanffy 7y ago
  Caps lock is where God wanted Control to be.
  - darkpuma 7y ago
    It can be both. I know people who have it configured to be escape when it's pressed and released, but control when it's held down in combination with another key.
    - zerkten 7y ago
      How do you do that? I normally use the keyboard preferences to change the capslock on my MBP to control. I'd like escape there too, but I'd like to avoid running additional software to enable it.
      - darkpuma 7y ago
        I'm not sure. I think on linux/X11 it's just xmodmap wizardry, any maybe on macos you need third party software, but don't take my word for it. It's not something I've really investigated since I'm personally satisfied with capslock=escape.
      - switz 7y ago
        I use Karabiner and it's truly a wonderful piece of software. I'm super sensitive to any lag or missent keys, but this actually works very well and I don't even think about it anymore. Here's the modification I use: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/complex_modifications/#caps_lock https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/complex_modifications/#caps_l... "Change caps_lock to control if pressed with other keys, to escape if pressed alone."
  - foldr 7y ago
    You can map it so that tapping caps lock is escape and holding it down is control.
    - sooheon 7y ago
      Then you have to set a timeout, which introduces lag in your typing.
      - foldr 7y ago
        Only for the escape key. I don't find that there's any noticeable lag in practice.
- pushpop 7y ago
  Which just means you then rewrite your muscle memory to hit caps lock on all your colleagues computers by accident. No thank you.
- kosievdmerwe 7y ago
  I use Ctrl+[ instead of escape a lot of the times. Granted this is with mapping caps lock to control. I’m afraid of mapping the caps lock to escape as a holdover from flash games where escape quit your game and so I fear destructive actions if I accidentally press escape instead of the “a” key, whereas if I accidentally press control nothing happens.
- gothroach 7y ago
  Am I the only one who actually uses the caps lock daily in this era? I see people remapping it all the time, and wonder.
chrischen 7y ago
I am a heavy programmer, and I do not mind the touch Esc key. It’s a bigger hit box. Though it does not offer tactile feedback, I find that just something to get used to as you don’t really need to locate it through tactile feedback. It very much is a small set of people who complain loudly about the touchbar, and many of whom have not even used it that just think they won’t like it.

alashow 7y ago

You can map your Caps Lock key to Esc.

rbanffy 7y ago
Caps lock is where God wanted Control to be.
- darkpuma 7y ago
  It can be both. I know people who have it configured to be escape when it's pressed and released, but control when it's held down in combination with another key.
  - zerkten 7y ago
    How do you do that? I normally use the keyboard preferences to change the capslock on my MBP to control. I'd like escape there too, but I'd like to avoid running additional software to enable it.
    - darkpuma 7y ago
      I'm not sure. I think on linux/X11 it's just xmodmap wizardry, any maybe on macos you need third party software, but don't take my word for it. It's not something I've really investigated since I'm personally satisfied with capslock=escape.
    - switz 7y ago
      I use Karabiner and it's truly a wonderful piece of software. I'm super sensitive to any lag or missent keys, but this actually works very well and I don't even think about it anymore. Here's the modification I use: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/complex_modifications/#caps_lock https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/complex_modifications/#caps_l... "Change caps_lock to control if pressed with other keys, to escape if pressed alone."
- foldr 7y ago
  You can map it so that tapping caps lock is escape and holding it down is control.
  - sooheon 7y ago
    Then you have to set a timeout, which introduces lag in your typing.
    - foldr 7y ago
      Only for the escape key. I don't find that there's any noticeable lag in practice.
pushpop 7y ago
Which just means you then rewrite your muscle memory to hit caps lock on all your colleagues computers by accident. No thank you.
kosievdmerwe 7y ago
I use Ctrl+[ instead of escape a lot of the times. Granted this is with mapping caps lock to control. I’m afraid of mapping the caps lock to escape as a holdover from flash games where escape quit your game and so I fear destructive actions if I accidentally press escape instead of the “a” key, whereas if I accidentally press control nothing happens.
gothroach 7y ago
Am I the only one who actually uses the caps lock daily in this era? I see people remapping it all the time, and wonder.

chrischen 7y ago

I am a heavy programmer, and I do not mind the touch Esc key. It’s a bigger hit box. Though it does not offer tactile feedback, I find that just something to get used to as you don’t really need to locate it through tactile feedback. It very much is a small set of people who complain loudly about the touchbar, and many of whom have not even used it that just think they won’t like it.