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I use vim, so esc is one of the most important keys. But I use esc in most apps very frequently. I don’t use Caps Lock at all.

• _rrnv 7y ago
  I still don't get it. We have a keyboard with an Esc key and a Caps Lock key. Why would I remove Caps Lock and use it as another Esc key?
  • paulhilbert 7y ago
    Try pressing esc every few seconds for 8-12hrs a day like a vim developer does and you'll know.
    • wruza 7y ago
      (Single datapoint ahead.) I edit my sources and remote configs exclusively in vim-likes since ~2004 (full time sw dev) and never experienced such issues. From my experience, typing or clicking speed requirement rarely exceeds that of thinking on your program. I hit esc often, but not too often, and it is not too far. I’m not against caps->esc mapping in general, but for me this would have little to no value plus non-standard layout, which is minus, since I’m not office-only guy.
  • elviejo79 7y ago
    Inverse: question you have a big key, in the home row. That is a very valuable keyboard position. What is a function in your programs deserve such a prominent position?? In my case as an emacs user bloq mayus, get's remaped to CTRL. Vin users need ESC.