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We have similar preferences, but I've recently had to switch to a Cherry MX Brown from my Apple keyboard because of a hardware-level delay on the caps lock key
by omni 14y ago
We have similar preferences, but I've recently had to switch to a Cherry MX Brown from my Apple keyboard because of a hardware-level delay on the caps lock key that Apple somehow thought was a good idea. Emacs users, beware.
- rdl 14y agoAm I the only Emacs user (admittedly, I don't live in it; I use the shell for more) who leaves capslock unused, and leaves control as control? What I hate is the Fn key position on the Apple Wireless keyboard, though (which strangely doesn't bother me as much on the laptops)
- omni 14y agoI'm sure you're not the only one, but for me at least, it was a no-brainer when I started using Emacs. The caps lock key requires about a fifth as much pinky movement as the control key does, and moving my pinky to the control key also affects the rest of my left hand because of the awkward angle. I almost stopped using Emacs after a day or two of trying it out before my friend told me about using caps lock.
- sdfjkl 14y agoIf you remap your Caps Lock to Control using System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys, the delay is gone. At least on my model. YMMV.
- omni 14y agoSorry, I should have clarified. My MBP keyboard works just fine with the caps lock switched to control because of what you described. My problem was with trying to use a wired Apple keyboard with Ubuntu.