Re: mapping a substitute for the Esc key?

On Feb 18, 2013, at 4:54 PM, Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> Question for all of you: What's your favorite substitute for Esc,
> whether a keystroke, key combination, or key sequence?

The tiny and distant Esc key on laptops quickly forced me to find
something better, primarily for vim, but necessarily consistent for
_all_ applications, so that muscle memory can be relied upon, whatever
you're doing. So I just changed the CapsLock key to Esc:

Added to ~/.Xmodmap:

keycode 0x42 = Escape
clear Lock # Disable Caps-Lock

I'm still using the cursor keys for motion, despite decades as a
programmer, and have been happy with that Esc on laptops and desktops
for years now.

Erik

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Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but
coaxed down-stairs a step at a time.
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