Re:Helix: A post-modern text editor
by zargon on Saturday March 07, 2026 @11:23AM
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What key would be a good candidate as a default though? Imagine the memes for exiting vim if you needed a modifier to get into normal mode. Caps lock is truly a useless key and should be escape anyway.
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As someone who cut their teeth on a sun "programmer" layout, I really need control to be in that position. I might try mapping the vestigial control key to escape though. Or maybe the hack that dtj1123 describes (tap is escape, hold is control), if I can pull that off on macos.
Re:Helix: A post-modern text editor
by sodapopcan on Saturday March 07, 2026 @02:43PM
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<ctrl-[> always works out of the box which is less of a stretch than esc.
I do jk as I always find a roll easier on the fingers than a double-tap jj or kk. You could also use space provided you aren't using one of those distros that bases its identity on the spacebar.