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		grey-area on Oct 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Any... Wouldn't it be even nicer if you had an Insert/Cmd mode key instead, which showed which mode you were currently in and let you toggle? The nice thing is with this touch bar thingy that's possible.

copperx on Oct 28, 2016 [–]

> The nice thing is with this touch bar thingy that's possible.

As long as it's supported by the program, of course.

What if you wanted to use mc (The Midnight Commander), which relies heavily on F keys? wait for the update?

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