Re-Thinking the Desktop OS

Re:Re-Thinking the Desktop OS by DonHopkins on Thursday October 15, 2020 @07:07AM (#24787207)

And no escape key! How do you get out of VIM insert mode? Control-[? Might as well use Emacs. At least there's an Option key for Meta.

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Re:Re-Thinking the Desktop OS by freehunter on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:17AM (#24788885)

You can rebind some keys on the iPad allowing for the relatively common “rebind Caps Lock to Escape”. That’s how I have mine set up.

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Re:Re-Thinking the Desktop OS by zepto on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:45AM (#24789130)

What do you mean ‘no escape key’?

All the terminals I have used swap out the suggestions bar for a row of extra keys, with escape in the place you would expect it.

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Re:Re-Thinking the Desktop OS by DonHopkins on Friday October 16, 2020 @01:05PM (#24802771)

I'm referring to the physical Smart/Magic Keyboard for the iPad from Apple, not the onscreen keyboard:

https://www.apple.com/shop/ipad/ipad-accessories/keyboards

I just learned you can type command-. to send an escape on an iPad keyboard. And also as freehunter mentioned, iPad Settings / General / Keyboard / Hardware Keyboard / Modifier Keys lets you remap caps lock to escape.

https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/23/ipad-pro-magic-keyboard-escap...

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