Comment on Ask HN: Have you remapped the Caps Lock key? [Poll]Comments−mikegirouard12yLike a lot of folks here, I've remapped to CTRL.I'm a vim and tmux guy, so that's my motivation.−peedy12yIf you are a vim guy, you are missing a lot by not remapping Capslock to Esc (system wide). I've even nnoremapped ; to : (from vimrc)−jwpeddle12yI used to think that, but I've found there's way more to gain with Ctrl and using ctrl+[ instead of escape (or imap jj <Esc>)−peedy12yimap jj <Esc> is a brilliant idea, thanks!−mikegirouard12yI've been tempted to experiment with this workflow after reading another[0] post here.I'm actually quite happy with my current setup but handling meta keys on my MPB is frustrating. Having ESC be closer is a nice thing to have.Thanks for the reminder.−__--__12yI'm a vim guy and I did both (Capslock is Esc when pressed and let go, ctrl when held down). Best of both worlds.−sixstringninja12yHow did you do that? I use a Macbook Pro with OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).−__--__12yKeyRemap4MacBook. https://coderwall.com/p/63nzva−sixstringninja12yI just wanted to say thanks! This works like a charm.−ryanthejuggler12yI use Ctrl+C to get out of insert mode. Also a diehard Programmer Dvorak user.−ah-12y; is pretty useful in vim though, it repeats your last motion.
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Like a lot of folks here, I've remapped to CTRL.
I'm a vim and tmux guy, so that's my motivation.
If you are a vim guy, you are missing a lot by not remapping Capslock to Esc (system wide). I've even nnoremapped ; to : (from vimrc)
I used to think that, but I've found there's way more to gain with Ctrl and using ctrl+[ instead of escape (or imap jj <Esc>)
imap jj <Esc> is a brilliant idea, thanks!
I've been tempted to experiment with this workflow after reading another[0] post here.
I'm actually quite happy with my current setup but handling meta keys on my MPB is frustrating. Having ESC be closer is a nice thing to have.
Thanks for the reminder.
I'm a vim guy and I did both (Capslock is Esc when pressed and let go, ctrl when held down). Best of both worlds.
How did you do that? I use a Macbook Pro with OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).
KeyRemap4MacBook. https://coderwall.com/p/63nzva
I just wanted to say thanks! This works like a charm.
I use Ctrl+C to get out of insert mode. Also a diehard Programmer Dvorak user.
; is pretty useful in vim though, it repeats your last motion.