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Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys?

From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys?
Date 2026-06-15 00:22 +0000
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On Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:43:04 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> The “Super” modifier key was known in Lisp machine days though, wasn’t
> it.
> And Emacs still knows that name. The “Windows” key is commonly treated
> synonymously with that, particularly on keyboards, like on my Linux
> boxes,
> that don’t have any actual Microsoft-related marks on them.

The default config for sway refers to it (Mod4) as the Logo key in a 
comment. xmodmap calls it Super_L and Super_R with three different 
keycodes. I don't know if the extra key on the right is Super_R. i3 treats 
the left key as expected, but the right does something different. Ubuntu 
also treats them differently. I don't use the right one. 

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Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-13 06:52 +0000
  Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-13 13:59 +0000
    Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Jan van den Broek <balglaas@dds.nl> - 2026-06-13 14:14 +0000
      Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-14 05:43 +0000
    Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-14 09:51 +0100
      Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-06-15 06:46 -0400
  Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-06-13 20:48 +0000
    Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-06-13 20:41 -0700
      Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-14 05:43 +0000
        Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-06-15 00:22 +0000
        Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Roman Belenov <no@spam.please> - 2026-06-20 09:11 +0300
          Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-20 06:45 +0000
            Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Roman Belenov <no@spam.please> - 2026-06-21 12:50 +0300
          They're giving us Copilot keys, but we want Space Cadets? (was: Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys?) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-20 09:31 +0100
      Re: Do Keyboards Still Include “Copilot” Keys? Bob Eager <throwaway0008@eager.cx> - 2026-06-14 10:39 +0000

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