Apple is evaluating new keyboard mechanisms to make thinner MacBooks

Re:Apple is evaluating new keyboard mechanisms to make thinn... by jonplackett on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @05:11AM (#21069048)

Totally agree. The loss of the arrow key space plus the no real escape key is the most pro-hostile (for coders at least) design decision. Although i guess could argue a keyboard that misses keys is worse but I haven’t had that problem.

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Re:Apple is evaluating new keyboard mechanisms to make thinn... by thebigspacefuck on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @09:10AM (#21070398)

Remap caps lock to Escape in the Keyboard settings. If you’re using vim keybindings, use HJKL for arrow keys.

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Re:Apple is evaluating new keyboard mechanisms to make thinn... by bdamm on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @11:41AM (#21071813)

I'm a hardcore vi user and even I miss-strike the arrow keys at times when I'm not using vi. Also, remapping caps lock to escape is great but for some reason I just can't get out of the habit of sending my pinkie or left ring finger up to the esc position. And for some reason, remapping caps-lock to esc has resulted in frequent esc-enter mis-type sequences, almost always when I've spent time writing long emails, thereby aborting the email with no draft to recover. Sheesh.

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Re:Apple is evaluating new keyboard mechanisms to make thinn... by thebigspacefuck on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:08PM (#21072790)

Good to know you're having trouble with the workarounds. I'm dreading get a newer MBP for this reason, but I mostly use a mech keyboard.

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