New 13-inch MacBook Pro

Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by derefr on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:07PM (#23073914)

On the keyboards vi was designed for, Escape was positioned where the Caps Lock key is now on modern US-101 keyboards. May as well just map it there.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by PhantomGremlin on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:31PM (#23076190)

I'm puzzled by this claim.

The keyboard for the ADM-3A shows a Ctrl key to the left of A. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-3A#Hardware

The VT100 shows CAPS LOCK to the left of A. https://vt100.net/docs/vt100-ug/chapter1.html#S1.1

So on which visual terminal was ESC to the left of A? Or are you perhaps referring to ex, an antecedent of vi, which was designed for hardcopy terminals? If so, which hardcopy terminal had ESC to the left of A? I've looked at the images for some and can't find that.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by projektfu on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:45PM (#23076277)

You’re right. Next to Q is correct, still more reachable than it is now. Now Tab is in that position and we’re used to that.

[ Parent | on HN ]