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He built his own keyboard and still included a huge CapsLock key in the place where god intended Ctrl to go?

Capslock is the only 1.75u key on a standard layout, so none of the other caps from the cheap set used here will fit there without leaving a gap.

I personally use that key for "super" (the logo key), so that I can easily use it to manage windows.

I know it's regarded as blasphemy but I sometimes use Caps Lock.

Some occupations require caps lock. Broadcast journalism, anything where data will be exchanged with legacy systems, etc...

For some reason people on HN think if something isn't useful for their specific workflow, then nobody should have it or use it.

In these cases, having a caps lock key somewhere on the keyboard probably makes sense. But sort of by its definition, you aren’t using caps lock anywhere near as much as return yet it takes the same amount of space. Swapping caps lock and left control seems reasonable at a minimum

You can easily reprogram keys and switch key caps.

No, no, no. It's written "CapsLock" but pronounced "Control".

This is how most of my keyboards are because not many key sets come with big Ctrl keys.

Particularly if you're not interested in spending €100 plus on the keycaps, then there are keycaps on Alibaba for much less money, but they don't necessarily cater to every possible layout.

This keyboard is using this $27 set: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33006008300.html

That's still a little confusing. Can we get that in International Phonetic Alphabet?

I think you spelled "escape" wrong. Yes, I'm a vim user.

On the keyboards that support it I've had it remap to another layer if I hold it, but I'm thinking of using it for escape/ctrl, as I do use some emacs commands from time to time (mostly evil mode, but not everything). But I haven't decided where to put my layer switch key yet.

Dual esc/ctrl is the way to go. I still get phantom esc presses when I decide half-way that I don't need to ctrl+anything, but it's worth it.

I do this and it’s my favorite thing to show people to induce a mindfuck. I hold for control and tap for escape. Then I hold out for a day or two and make them go crazy before pasting them a link to the qmk docs page for the feature.

Edit: I won't hold out that long here. Here's the link to the feature to make this possible for anyone interested: https://docs.qmk.fm/#/feature_advanced_keycodes?id=mod-tap

I deeply and truly hope that is a Monty Python reference.

It's spelled "Raymond Luxury Yacht", but it's pronounced "Throat-wobbler Man-grove!"

"You're a very silly person and I'm not going to interview you."

A commenter elsewhere in this thread [0] is claiming to have built a bed frame from pallet wood and soda cans found in the street - I'm almost certain it's inviting a descent into the Four Yorkshiremen sketch.

[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21798728

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