When the "Escape key closes application" is checked, the escape key kills the application (not good) rather than closes (minimizes) the application (which would be good).
0.96BETA under Debian GNU/Linux (jessie) as VMware guest under OSX.
A close command should never kill the application. The escape key by convention cancels an operation--even on Windows--so minimizing the window would be a suitable use for the key. Please reopen this issue to make the escape key minimize the window on all systems.
The C-q key is already available to kill the application so this configuration item is unnecessary.
Rather than violate the principle of least surprise, I would therefore bind Escape to minimize the application, leave C-q to kill the application, and remove the configuration item entirely.
At the very least, reword the configuration item so it says "kill" instead of "close."
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This mimics the Windows option. If you don't want this, uncheck the option.
As DrK pointed out, this should be configurable. If that's not the case, please re-open.
A close command should never kill the application. The escape key by convention cancels an operation--even on Windows--so minimizing the window would be a suitable use for the key. Please reopen this issue to make the escape key minimize the window on all systems.
The C-q key is already available to kill the application so this configuration item is unnecessary.
Rather than violate the principle of least surprise, I would therefore bind Escape to minimize the application, leave C-q to kill the application, and remove the configuration item entirely.
At the very least, reword the configuration item so it says "kill" instead of "close."