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Remap caps lock to escape. After I did this I realized Esc is a really useful key in a wide variety of contexts.

• kmm 14y ago
  One of the best ideas I ever had. Caps Lock is one of the biggest keys on my keyboard and close to the rest. It would be a waste to use it for a single, rarely-used function.
• mattengi 14y ago
  make capslock to contorl, then use xcape https://github.com/alols/xcape https://github.com/alols/xcape now capslock does both ctrl and escape best settings ever!
  • tammer 14y ago
    Great idea, thanks! I've dealt with this by switching ctrl and alt - I find hitting alt with my thumb is far less strenuous than reaching for ctrl with my pinky. I may give xcape a shot, however.
  • jvm 14y ago
    Man does that ever look awesome
• dredmorbius 14y ago
  Capslock is already ctrl. Now, I could dmap ctrl-l to esc. But I'm so used to the high-left pivot for 'esc' on Thinkpad keypads (and it's a tall key making for an easier target) that it's not worth the bother.