MellowFellow@sh.itjust.works to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoNot sure if I'm a fan of thissh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square97linkfedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1342arrow-down1imageNot sure if I'm a fan of thissh.itjust.worksMellowFellow@sh.itjust.works to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square97linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresorghum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoIs meta the official term for that key? I always called it the super key. Just curious
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoOnly KDE calls it “meta”. Everywhere else it’s either “super” or “mod4”. The left Alt is sometimes called “meta” or “mod1”.
minus-squarefelbane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·5 months agoIt’s not just kde, for example the backronym for Emacs is “esc meta alt ctrl shift”
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minus-squarefelbane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoNo, I was specifically responding to “only KDE calls it meta.”
minus-squareLinearity@piefed.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoFrom what I can see online the key is actually called the super key, but for some reason KDE Plasma calls it Meta on my device Might be because I’m on a MacBook
Is meta the official term for that key? I always called it the super key. Just curious
Only KDE calls it “meta”. Everywhere else it’s either “super” or “mod4”. The left Alt is sometimes called “meta” or “mod1”.
It’s not just kde, for example the backronym for Emacs is “esc meta alt ctrl shift”
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No, I was specifically responding to “only KDE calls it meta.”
From what I can see online the key is actually called the super key, but for some reason KDE Plasma calls it Meta on my device
Might be because I’m on a MacBook