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Why, isn't that just called 'Super' key?
by Ekshef 1y ago
Why, isn't that just called 'Super' key?
- awesome_dude 1y agoI like Apple's thinking - Option key Super key could arguably apply to the shift keys, because you are using a super set of letters (or am I reaching too far)
- eucyclos 1y agoshift could be the metakey? Maybe too many syllables...
- Agentlien 1y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_key https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_key But, the meta key already exists and on Windows it is the Windows key. We're going around in circles.
- 1718627440 1y agoI thought the Meta key is labeled "Alt" in Windows(-like) keyboards.
- Agentlien 1y agoI always get confused around this and it seems to depend on specific keyboard and software. It seems to mostly be Alt, sometimes Alt Gr, and sometimes the Windows key. But I do remember using Meta to mean Alt when I was setting things up in Ubuntu maybe ten years ago.
- 1718627440 1y agoI think Super and Meta are the vendor independent terms. Ctrl - Ctrl - Ctrl Super - Windows - Command Left/Right Super - ?? - Open/Close Apple Left Meta - Alt - Option Right Meta - Alt Gr - Right Option? Anybody able to fill the gaps? Approaching an Apple keyboard for the first time, I naively thought Command would be Ctrl and was quite confused, since there also is Ctrl. But once you start a terminal it became quite clear that this was not the case. This is quite neat, it directly solves the SIGINT,SIGSTOP / Copy, Ctrl-D? confusion. Also having these operation as OS command means that all programs support them.
- lmm 1y ago> you are using a super set of letters (or am I reaching too far) You're not though. The original letters are not available, so uppercase is not a superset of lowercase. (Unless you're just stating your opinion that the set of uppercase letters happens to be super)
- SllX 1y agoWhy would it be? It’s the Windows key, not Microsoft’s rebadge of the Super key.