Re: [Usability] Using Control-Esc and Windows keys to access the start menu

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Shaun McCance wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 09:45 +0200, Lennart Borgman wrote:
> > Shaun McCance wrote:

> > - With Super do you mean what I call "windows keys"?
>
> Yes.  Underneath Gnome sits X.  A full explanation of the
> X keyboard model would fry both of our brains, but suffice
> it to say that X has traditionally used the terms Control,
> Alt, Super, Hyper, and Meta to refer to whatever modifier
> keys are configured on whatever keyboard might be attached.
>
> With the advent of Windows keyboards, the Windows key has
> been configured (by most distributions) to be a modifier
> key attached to the Super modifier.
>
> > - What kind of applications actually use Super?
>
> Very few, because applications generally do not want to
> rely on a non-standard key existing.  Sun keyboards, for
> example, don't have a Super key, though they do have a
> Meta key.

Cokebottle!
http://www.clueless.com/jargon3.0.0/cokebottle.html

couldn't resist ;)

-- 
Alan H.