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As an aside, I switched Caps Lock to ESC a few years ago and after the 6 weeks(?) or however long it took to fully adjust, it's fantastic. I wish I could bring
by originalbryan2 8y ago
As an aside, I switched Caps Lock to ESC a few years ago and after the 6 weeks(?) or however long it took to fully adjust, it's fantastic. I wish I could bring Caps Lock -> ESC joy to everyone.
- foldr 8y agoThe only issue with that for me is that Caps Lock as Control is also a useful mapping.
- rz2k 8y agoI do caps lock to control, and control to escape. I also set right_shift when pressed alone and not a modifier to forward_delete.
- rz2k 8y agoComplex key behaviors can be defined with Karabiner-Elements.[1] There are tons of settings posted on Github, and I just modified someone else's to get: {"description":"Change right_shift alone to delete_forward", "manipulators":[{ "from":{"key_code":"right_shift","modifiers":{"optional":["any"]}}, "to":[{"key_code":"right_shift"}], "to_if_alone":[{"key_code":"delete_forward"}], "type":"basic"}]} [1] https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements
- scaasic 8y agoOn my Mac I use Karabiner to map Caps + [key] to Ctrl, and a lone press to Esc. It's amazing.
- foldr 8y agoOh that's neat, thanks for the tip.
- driverdan 8y agoWow, that's a great idea. I didn't realize it had support for that.
- torstenvl 8y agoThat sounds like a perfect setup! Mind sharing the modification rule?
- prh8 8y agoI map it to Hyper, but you can tweak this to just be control: { "description": "Change caps_lock to hyper/escape.", "from": { "key_code": "caps_lock", "modifiers": { "optional": [ "any" ] } }, "to": [ { "key_code": "left_shift", "modifiers": [ "left_command", "left_control", "left_option" ] } ], "to_if_alone": [ { "key_code": "escape" } ], "type": "basic" }
- prh8 8y agoI've done the same but Caps + key to Hyper (cmd+ctrl+option+shift), just to pair with custom shortcuts. But I really love using it for escape. I'm on a 2014 model but not going to the corner for escape is great. Plus I'm about to get one of these new ones, and I feel prepared since I have zero usage of the top row (other than the special functions).
- pvinis 8y agoYep. Every single thread about TouchBar complaints has this or a very similar comment and people. Spread the knowledge!
- freehunter 8y agoI feel like I'm the only one who actually uses caps lock for its intended purpose, and often...
- smelterdemon 8y agoAre you writing a lot of FORTRAN 77 or something?
- jcelerier 8y agoas a french, on linux (and mac too), caps lock is the correct way to get accentued capitals.