News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was... by latchkey on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @07:16AM (#18228337)
There are hacks for the magsafe desire...

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/7/12/15960594/m...

I just switched to a new 2018 macbook pro. The missing esc key isn't so bad. Thought I would hate it, but like everything else, including new FB redesigns, you get used to it and move on.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was... by geekbird on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @01:30PM (#18231308)
No esc key? They just crippled vi/vim users. For a piece of hardware that was the preferred laptop for Linux admins, that's stupid.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was... by samatman on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @04:59PM (#18233220)
Hitting an escape key in the far upper left is more likely to cripple you than almost anything else.

I use press-and-release on the alt key to send 0x1b, as DEC intended.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was... by vernie on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @10:39AM (#18229713)
If I wanted to bother with hacks I wouldn't have Apple products.
[ Parent | on HN ]