MellowFellow@sh.itjust.works to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoNot sure if I'm a fan of thisimagemessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1342arrow-down1imageNot sure if I'm a fan of thisMellowFellow@sh.itjust.works to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square100linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresorghum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoIs meta the official term for that key? I always called it the super key. Just curious
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days 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-up10arrow-down1·5 days agoIt’s not just kde, for example the backronym for Emacs is “esc meta alt ctrl shift”
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agothe discussion you entered was not about whether “meta” exists as a key, but rather, which key is “meta”.
minus-squarefelbane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoNo, I was specifically responding to “only KDE calls it meta.”
minus-squareLinearity@piefed.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days 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”
the discussion you entered was not about whether “meta” exists as a key, but rather, which key is “meta”.
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