On the TouchBar keyboards, the top left is always escape unless the application you are using specially asks for it to be something else (in which case it would not use the escape key).
So Apple never dropped the escape key, they simply age some apps the ability to re-map that area to something else (just as in other apps what esc does can change).
as a vim user with (until recently) one of those awful machines who suffered at work for several years: fuck you and the horse you rode in on.:)
Seriously though. They dropped the key and replaced it with a soft keyboard. There's a reason they didn't replace the entire keyboard with a soft keyboard because it sucks for regular use. The lack of an actual escape key was bad if you wanted to use it regularly.
as a vim user with (until recently) one of those awful machines who suffered at work for several years: fuck you and the horse you rode in on.:)
Seriously though. They dropped the key and replaced it with a soft keyboard. There's a reason they didn't replace the entire keyboard with a soft keyboard because it sucks for regular use. The lack of an actual escape key was bad if you wanted to use it regularly.
Sucking for regular use is a standard vim feature. If you wanted to avoid that, you'd use Emacs
as a vim user with (until recently) one of those awful machines
As a vim user who long ago mapped "jj" to I wouldn't have noticed, but I haven't used a Mac since the 90s so it's a moot point. I've never come across a need to type two consecutive "j"s in insert mode, so this mapping works great. I can switch from insert mode to normal mode without taking my fingers off the home row.
The Industry Follows Apple Again (Score:5, Insightful)
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Not a mac user, but is this correct?
Apple: Drops escape key
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Wrong (Score:1)
Apple: Drops escape key
Apple never dropped the escape key.
On the TouchBar keyboards, the top left is always escape unless the application you are using specially asks for it to be something else (in which case it would not use the escape key).
So Apple never dropped the escape key, they simply age some apps the ability to re-map that area to something else (just as in other apps what esc does can change).
Re:Wrong (Score:2)
So Apple never dropped the escape key,
as a vim user with (until recently) one of those awful machines who suffered at work for several years: fuck you and the horse you rode in on. :)
Seriously though. They dropped the key and replaced it with a soft keyboard. There's a reason they didn't replace the entire keyboard with a soft keyboard because it sucks for regular use. The lack of an actual escape key was bad if you wanted to use it regularly.
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So Apple never dropped the escape key,
as a vim user with (until recently) one of those awful machines who suffered at work for several years: fuck you and the horse you rode in on. :)
Seriously though. They dropped the key and replaced it with a soft keyboard. There's a reason they didn't replace the entire keyboard with a soft keyboard because it sucks for regular use. The lack of an actual escape key was bad if you wanted to use it regularly.
Sucking for regular use is a standard vim feature. If you wanted to avoid that, you'd use Emacs
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as a vim user with (until recently) one of those awful machines
As a vim user who long ago mapped "jj" to I wouldn't have noticed, but I haven't used a Mac since the 90s so it's a moot point. I've never come across a need to type two consecutive "j"s in insert mode, so this mapping works great. I can switch from insert mode to normal mode without taking my fingers off the home row.