Remapping Capslock to Escape in OSX

Ok, I'm really lazy. Lazy enough where the fact that I had to move my left pinky up to the Escape key to exit insert mode in VIM bothered me tremendously. So, using the google, I've stumbled across the most amazing application known to man.

Namely:

PC Keyboard Hack
http://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/macosx/keyremap4macbook/extra.html

It's a really simple application that installs itself into the System Prefs and gives you the option to remap Capslock to whatever you want. I remapped it to Escape and it works exactly as advertised.

Now I don't need to move my hands to exit insert mode in VIM. Happy day :)


Tags:

Next Posts

Previous Posts

Comments

Ace Elberling
yea that is a bit lazy! or well not cause you spent all that effort to find the program and get it set up, so in that respect it isnt lazy, however, maping it
was kinda lazy.
miyagawa
[this is good]
I've been using this app long before it actually became preference pane. It's neat that you can use to make vi easier even though this app was clearly targeted for Emacs lovers like me :)
Nick
No, seriously. How many times a day do you escape from insert mode in vim?

Post a comment

Already a Vox member? Sign in

You will be asked to join Vox to post this comment.