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[–] 19 points 4 months ago (9 children)

When you call it the windows key

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Microsoft is the one that forced manufacturers to add it, or they couldn't advertise their keyboard as being "Designed for Windows 95", as it is required for the shortcuts (e.g win + d shows the desktop). The "Menu" key was added at the same time so that the Win 95 UI could be navigated without a mouse.

    Now they are going the same with the CoPilot key. And poorly - Windows keys send keycode 0x5B and 0x5C. Menu sends 0x5D.
    The CoPilot key? Left Shift + Windows + F23, obviously.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    There's another name for the windows key?

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Super or Meta is and Mac calls it command key

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    meta is the alt key (option on Macs)

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I fairly sure I've seen various *nix tools call it super, meta, and hyper. I think super is the most correct but I've seen all three

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Super and Meta refer to two different keys from olden times that no longer appear on mainstream keyboards. So they are emulated using a convenient proxy.

    It’s most common on Gnome to use the Windows key for Super, while Meta is set by user preference, often to Left Alt.

    Super and Meta have different functions and are not interchangeable, though two given users may map the windows key to one or other.

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