On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:22:43 -0400 "Yakov Lerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/4/07, wangxu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ESC is so far from the center of the keyboard. > > Can I replace this key to Caps Lock,for example? > > I heard some people use Tab as a substitute for Esc. Weird. > But it's easier to do in platform-independent way. > > Yakov If Wikipedia is correct in that vi was originally written on ADM-3A terminals (I think I also read that on here at one time as well) and that this particular terminal had it's escape key where nearly all modern keyboards have a tab key, it kinda makes sense. Here's the page, for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi Although I'm not going to switch to that scheme any time soon - ^[ works just as well. -- Taylor Venable [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metasyntax.net/
