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Die hard vimeleon here. IMHO chording the 'j' and 'k' keys simultaneously [1] is a severely underutilized solution for escape. Try it. You'll love it. If you

Die hard vimeleon here. IMHO chording the 'j' and 'k' keys simultaneously [1] is a severely underutilized solution for escape. Try it. You'll love it. If you're going to rebind capslock to something — and this is particularly true if you're on macOS — rebind it to backspace. Capslock escape isn't useful outside of Vim. Backspace is useful everywhere, including inside Vim. [1] https://github.com/kana/vim-arpeggio https://github.com/kana/vim-arpeggio

pessimizer 6y ago
> If you're going to rebind capslock to something — and this is particularly true if you're on macOS — rebind it to backspace. No, rebind it to Compose. Makes life a lot easier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key
- atweiden 6y ago
  That's interesting. I'm a bit spoiled by primarily using Vim to write code and prosé in American English. Vim's digraph feature (Ctrl-K by default) has handled unicode char input nicely enough for me, but I wonder if the compose key could be of use when writing text in Japanese for example.
  - pessimizer 6y ago
    I actually meant to do it systemwide, for when you're writing or googling things not in English, or when you want to write a fancy ⅝. The day I have to start putting diacritics into computer code is the day I quit programming:) I think it's no good for Japanese, but I know very little about Japanese input. Romanji is still Japanese, right?
    - owl57 6y ago
      Now that's an idea. Haskellers routinely use x' as a variable name, but ẋ and x̃ are also valid ones!
- fictorial 6y ago
  I use option-e e to insert é, option-n n to insert ñ, etc. I noticed this while pressing option in the Keyboard Viewer.
Lio 6y ago
The problem with your jk solution is that it doesn’t work in other Vi-like interfaces such as those provided by readline or shells. Also ctrl-h is backspace so mapping caps to ctrl gives you a convenient escape and backspace shortcut. (It also gives you a heap more terminal shortcuts but that’s another story).

pessimizer 6y ago

> If you're going to rebind capslock to something — and this is particularly true if you're on macOS — rebind it to backspace. No, rebind it to Compose. Makes life a lot easier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key

atweiden 6y ago
That's interesting. I'm a bit spoiled by primarily using Vim to write code and prosé in American English. Vim's digraph feature (Ctrl-K by default) has handled unicode char input nicely enough for me, but I wonder if the compose key could be of use when writing text in Japanese for example.
- pessimizer 6y ago
  I actually meant to do it systemwide, for when you're writing or googling things not in English, or when you want to write a fancy ⅝. The day I have to start putting diacritics into computer code is the day I quit programming:) I think it's no good for Japanese, but I know very little about Japanese input. Romanji is still Japanese, right?
  - owl57 6y ago
    Now that's an idea. Haskellers routinely use x' as a variable name, but ẋ and x̃ are also valid ones!
fictorial 6y ago
I use option-e e to insert é, option-n n to insert ñ, etc. I noticed this while pressing option in the Keyboard Viewer.

Lio 6y ago

The problem with your jk solution is that it doesn’t work in other Vi-like interfaces such as those provided by readline or shells. Also ctrl-h is backspace so mapping caps to ctrl gives you a convenient escape and backspace shortcut. (It also gives you a heap more terminal shortcuts but that’s another story).