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Re:Helix: A post-modern text editor by zem on Saturday March 07, 2026 @06:05PM (#47292350)
at least on linux you can map caps lock to esc if tapped and ctrl if held
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Re:Helix: A post-modern text editor by cassepipe on Sunday March 08, 2026 @08:44AM (#47296880)
natively ? how ?
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Re:Helix: A post-modern text editor by zem on Sunday March 08, 2026 @01:10PM (#47298956)
https://www.dannyguo.com/blog/remap-caps-lock-to-escape-and-... has a good run down of the ways to do this.
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Re:Helix: A post-modern text editor by cassepipe on Sunday March 08, 2026 @06:04PM (#47302049)
But you do have to install and configure xcape. By native I meant something that would either be an gui option on your DE or a simple command from something that is already installed on a linux distro like `setxkbmap`
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