hello fellow spacemacers, is there an equivalent of C-g in spacemacs?

^ using spacebar

I always just use C-g

@donyorm I’m really trying to cut down on the use of my pinky

idk if I’m getting rsi but after ~2 years of use on a macbook pro keyboard my wrist and pinky feel… strange

this is why I learned vim/evil and eventually switched to spacemacs

@swlabrtyr so C-g just runs keyboard-quit behind the scenes. keyboard-quit isn't bound to anything but C-g, but you could easily define a different binding in your .spacemacs.

@donyorm you have mapped yr capslock key to ctrl, right? ctrl key positioning on mbp is horrible for emacs otherwise...

@mccraigmccraig I assume you meant to tag @swlabrtyr, I'm not using a mac 🙂

doh, correct @donyorm , that was my pre-coffee comprehension at play

@mccraigmccraig I do have it to caps lock

but the strain is still real

I’ve gone through several iterations, first I just used the ctrl key, then I switched to caps lock, then to vim but missed emacs dearly, then to evil mode, then to spacemacs

still getting used to spacemacs, but the less I use my left pinky the better my left pinky feels

it’s not debilitation or even painful, just feels weird

don’t want it to progress further, it’s gotten worse in recent weeks so I’m trying to avoid all pinky use

@swlabrtyr I haven't tested it, but I thought fd or Esc would do the same as C-g.

@jr0cket thanks! Esc worked

has anyone here had any issues with their left pinkies?

@swlabrtyr try fd as suggested - works almost everywhere

I once read someone used a foot pedal/switch for certain modifiers

@malch fd doesn’t work for me, but it’s alright

I’ve just avoided using my left pinky, fixed my posture and type slower

Ctrl - [ also works as escape in vim btw

@swlabrtyr fd does need to defined in .spacemacs IIRC, but it's an incredibly useful shortcut. I would recommend defining.