> On Oct 9, 2013, at 10:20 PM, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 08/10/13 16:34, Steve Litt wrote: >> On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 05:54:48 +0200 >> Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> FWIW, my own Esc key is broken (the electronics are OK but the key >>> itself has come unstuck then got lost). In programs other than Vim I >>> actuate it, when needed, with the tail end of a teaspoon. >> >> Alternatively, keyboards often are sold at garage sales for three bucks >> apiece, and a lot of them have the layout and feel you like. I'm pretty >> sure that for this entire century I've been using used keyboards on my >> daily driver computer, either old Compaqs, or occasionally, old IBM >> clickety-clacks. > > Never seen a garage sale hereabouts, not to mention a keyboard with a > Belgian AZERTY layout ( > http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/other/keybbe.htm ) offered in one. > Are you sure? I use the Esc key (in programs other than Vim) seldom enough > that I don't feel the need for it, but if I did I would either buy a new > keyboard or go to a second-hand shop. >
Late to the party here but am I the only one who uses CTRL - [ as an escape "key" 99% of the time? I went weeks with a broken esc key, only changed it when it made pair programming suck. --Mike H -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
