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Why not make it something brand less? They allow customizations by language; it's not crazy to put thought into the keyboard at that point.
by throwaway91111 10y ago
Why not make it something brand less? They allow customizations by language; it's not crazy to put thought into the keyboard at that point.
- Snowe 10y ago"Meta" would be a good name.
- majewsky 10y ago"Meta" usually refers to Alt on Linux systems with IBM-PC-derived keyboards. When I look at `xmodmap -pm` on my system, the Windows key is referred to as "Super".
- throwaway91111 10y agoThat's a rather arbitrary binding; some keyboards have a discrete meta key. No reason to use super if you're not targeting windows!
- zumu 10y agoAlt had already been used to replace meta by the time the windows key came about. Therefore they mapped the windows key to super. You can blame Emacs users. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_key_(keyboard_button) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_key_(keyboard_button)