On vr, 2016-06-24 at 16:02 +0200, Xen wrote: > In case it matters, personally I wish people would just drop their > hate of Microsoft and actually bind the Windows key on many keyboards > to something useful. It is just not bound.
It's used a lot in the standard Ubuntu desktop. For other desktop systems, you should probably talk to them or file a bug report... > I believe it is called the Super key? What a stupid name to begin > with! And Alt is called the Meta key? Equally stupid!!!!. [...] > What on earth were people thinking when they tried to get away from > calling it "windows key" and "alt key"???? While nowadays there are only two naming schemes that are still commonly used (IBM PC-based & Apple), a long time ago many computer companies had their own keyboard layouts & key names. On many old keyboards these keys were named the "meta" and "super" keys: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Space-cadet.jpg/800px-Space-cadet.jpg -- Jan Claeys -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
