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What’s the deal with making caps lock escape? Why not use the esc key?
by yumraj 3y ago
What’s the deal with making caps lock escape? Why not use the esc key?
- knubie 3y agoBecause it's further away. And lots of older applications (e.g. vim) were designed when most keyboards had the escape key placed in the same spot where the caps lock key is today.
- drcongo 3y agoAnd some Macs don't even have an escape key.
- kitsunesoba 3y agoI personally like to remap caps lock to control or use a keyboard that has that layout by default. I never use caps lock and it makes control-based shortcuts more ergonomic.
- GloomyBoots 3y agoI use it as both. Control when held and escape when tapped. setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps xcape -e 'Control_L=Escape'