Using Caps Lock as Esc in Mac OS X

Question

How do I make Caps Lock work like Esc in Mac OS X?

Answer 1

Seil doesn't work on macOS Sierra yet, so I'm using Karabiner Elements, download from https://pqrs.org/latest/karabiner-elements-latest.dmg.

Either use the GUI or put the following into ~/.karabiner.d/configuration/karabiner.json:

{
  "profiles" : [
    {
      "name" : "Default profile",
      "selected" : true,
      "simple_modifications" : {
        "caps_lock" : "escape"
      }
    }
  ]
}