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0 pointsek7504y ago0 comments

I'm curious, I hear this alot, but when I'm coding, whenever I need to type out constants, they're in ALL-CAPS. Do you remap caps-lock to an unused spot, or do you hold down shift while typing? I'm usually in vim or equivalent most of the time, FWIW.

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ducktective4y ago

In vim, after typing `gravity_constant`, go to normal mode:

vb~

There, the word is now in CAPS.

Phrenzy4y ago

I have an Ergodox-ez keyboard and I have gotten rid of the caps lock key, at least on my 'first layer.'

My keyboard enables me to create up to 32 different layers. I have 3 that I use 99.98% of the time.

My caps lock is available by pressing a key next to my left handed thumb and then pressing the key formerly known as the caps lock key.

delta14y ago

Yeah I use caps lock as esc, and shift type capitals

JKCalhoun4y ago

I hold down the shift (or Copy/Paste, ha ha).

LandR4y ago

What language do you type constants in all caps ?

doobiedowner4y ago

I see it in Programmable Logic Controllers. Engineering drawings often come in all caps and a program's input and output buffers are sometimes named to match. The older programs were in all caps because the programming terminals had no lowercase.

https://www.artisantg.com/itemimages/AB_1747_PT1_View1.jpg

ovao4y ago

Pretty common in C-family languages (global constants tend to be all-capped in many style guides), and for environment variables as well.

bityard4y ago

Devops people have to type environment variables quite often which are almost always uppercase by convention.

JKCalhoun4y ago

I see it in Python.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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ducktective4y ago

In vim, after typing `gravity_constant`, go to normal mode:

vb~

There, the word is now in CAPS.

Phrenzy4y ago

I have an Ergodox-ez keyboard and I have gotten rid of the caps lock key, at least on my 'first layer.'

My keyboard enables me to create up to 32 different layers. I have 3 that I use 99.98% of the time.

My caps lock is available by pressing a key next to my left handed thumb and then pressing the key formerly known as the caps lock key.

delta14y ago

Yeah I use caps lock as esc, and shift type capitals

JKCalhoun4y ago

I hold down the shift (or Copy/Paste, ha ha).

LandR4y ago

What language do you type constants in all caps ?

doobiedowner4y ago

https://www.artisantg.com/itemimages/AB_1747_PT1_View1.jpg

ovao4y ago

Pretty common in C-family languages (global constants tend to be all-capped in many style guides), and for environment variables as well.

bityard4y ago

Devops people have to type environment variables quite often which are almost always uppercase by convention.

JKCalhoun4y ago

I see it in Python.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse