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I'm confused, how does one use the esc key without a keyboard?

neckbeard 15y ago
As explained on the splashscreen, they've remapped that to backslash. I suspect it'd be much more useful with a BT keyboard - lack of ctrl and tab for a start. The font is pretty ugly too - I can't easily tell the difference between q and g. However, it is a neat hack, if not very usable.
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- jcitme 15y ago
  It doesn't seem retina optimized. The font is horrendous on my iPhone 4.
  - Ecco 15y ago
    Actually it is (or it should be. Just file a bug if it doesn't work for you). By default anti-aliasing is disabled, but you can toggle it on.
- daxelrod 15y ago
  This commit [1] seems to indicate that it's possible to change the font. However, I can't actually figure out a way to do so; ":set guifont" doesn't appear to work. [1]: https://github.com/applidium/Vim/commit/be572d759e857de58453b4427bc8b7a66c76d379 https://github.com/applidium/Vim/commit/be572d759e857de58453...
  - Ecco 15y ago
    Hi :-) I added font support pretty much at the last minute. Here's an example of something that should work ":set guifont=Courier:h14"
zzzmarcus 15y ago
They remapped backslash to esc. Kind of a pain since you have to go through 2 keyboards to get to it, but it works.
- redthrowaway 15y ago
  How are you supposed to code without backslashes? Are they anticipating never needing to escape anything?
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- lshevtsov 15y ago
  How exactly would going through 2 keyboards to switch modes work in a practical situation?
  - jamesgeck0 15y ago
    That's why you'd edit .vimrc to rebind the functionality provided by escape to 'jj' or 'jk' or something of the nature.
thought_alarm 15y ago
The correct way to do it is to attach a toolbar to the top of the keyboard that contains any special keys or commands that one needs, such as "Esc".
- lena 15y ago
  This would be awesome for vim. Not just for the escape key, but also for other often used keys. I love the virtual keyboard in Codea for example.

As explained on the splashscreen, they've remapped that to backslash. I suspect it'd be much more useful with a BT keyboard - lack of ctrl and tab for a start. The font is pretty ugly too - I can't easily tell the difference between q and g. However, it is a neat hack, if not very usable.

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jcitme 15y ago
It doesn't seem retina optimized. The font is horrendous on my iPhone 4.
- Ecco 15y ago
  Actually it is (or it should be. Just file a bug if it doesn't work for you). By default anti-aliasing is disabled, but you can toggle it on.
daxelrod 15y ago
This commit [1] seems to indicate that it's possible to change the font. However, I can't actually figure out a way to do so; ":set guifont" doesn't appear to work. [1]: https://github.com/applidium/Vim/commit/be572d759e857de58453b4427bc8b7a66c76d379 https://github.com/applidium/Vim/commit/be572d759e857de58453...
- Ecco 15y ago
  Hi :-) I added font support pretty much at the last minute. Here's an example of something that should work ":set guifont=Courier:h14"

zzzmarcus 15y ago

They remapped backslash to esc. Kind of a pain since you have to go through 2 keyboards to get to it, but it works.

redthrowaway 15y ago
How are you supposed to code without backslashes? Are they anticipating never needing to escape anything?
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lshevtsov 15y ago
How exactly would going through 2 keyboards to switch modes work in a practical situation?
- jamesgeck0 15y ago
  That's why you'd edit .vimrc to rebind the functionality provided by escape to 'jj' or 'jk' or something of the nature.

thought_alarm 15y ago

The correct way to do it is to attach a toolbar to the top of the keyboard that contains any special keys or commands that one needs, such as "Esc".

lena 15y ago
This would be awesome for vim. Not just for the escape key, but also for other often used keys. I love the virtual keyboard in Codea for example.