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		lmohseni on Aug 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Learn Vim (the Smart Way): a book to learn the goo... On Linux and Mac it’s possible to have caps be escape when pressed alone or control when pressed with another key. On Linux the software is called xcape. :)

NilsIRL on Aug 27, 2020 | [–]

There's also caps2esc, which works even on the tty. https://gitlab.com/interception/linux/plugins/caps2esc

kranner on Aug 27, 2020 | [–]

On Mac, there is Karabiner-Elements.

https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/

deltron3030 on Aug 27, 2020 | [–]

Here's a Karabiner tutorial that worked for me: https://medium.com/@pechyonkin/how-to-map-capslock-to-contro...

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