alt Hacker NewsUnfortunately, remapping escape to caps lock can lead to serious friction if you have to work with different laptops a lot, like I do. The muscle memory gets in the way a lot.
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lucasoshiro • yesterday at 8:38 PM
I always remap Caps Lock to Ctrl. I understand that Caps Lock needed to be next to Shift in typewriters, but in computers it seems like it is wasting a key in the home row for only be used sometimes for screaming (which can be done by holding shift...)
bonsai_spool • yesterday at 10:18 PM
Ctrl-[ is accepted across Vim installs
thayne • yesterday at 8:17 PM
If only keyboard makers would just always put escape there.
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jolmg • yesterday at 10:53 PM
Ctrl-C also works.
Which is why I never went with CapsLock being both Ctrl and Escape depending of whether it's part of a key combo because it's whole setup. On the contrary, whenever I use someone else's machine I can quickly go in the settings, set the option and then set it off after I am done.