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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by seanwilson on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:30AM (#12816978)
> I consider myself a developer, and I almost never use the Fn and ESC keys on my Mac.

ESC usage just off the top of my head: cancelling any dropdown (e.g. IDE autocomplete, browser autocomplete, Spotlight, quick file search in Atom/Sublime), cancelling any OK/cancel dialog (e.g. save as), the ESC + '.' sequence in Bash to get the last word of the last command.

I could map ESC to the caps lock key I suppose.

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by mcphage on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:47AM (#12817244)
If you go to the current Apple homepage, the first image they present you with shows the Esc key right there. So all of those things you currently do with it? You'll still be able to do with it.
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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by rch on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:36AM (#12817084)
I actually use the caps lock key sometimes, e.g. FORTRAN 77.
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