Rename Meta/Hyper/Super/Compose/Complete etc keys to usual PC keyboard names

[sergey-feo]

(Sorry for my bad English)

What do you think about renaming Meta key to Alt, Complete to Shift?
IMHO the percent of keyboards with Meta and Complete is much less that keyboards with Alt and Shift in our days.

Regards, Sergey

[sergey-feo]

Why "wontfix"?
It is interesting :-)

[ossi]

because that's the names under which the keys are delivered from the kernel (and x). the application doesn't necessarily have any idea what physical keyboard is behind that; in fact, even the same keyboard type may be configured differently.

though i must admit i never heard "complete". i think that's merely a reference to the keybinding mc uses, not a key name.

[sergey-feo]

that's the names under which the keys are delivered from the kernel (and x)

Xorg uses usual names like <LALT> and <RALT>, not <META> in its configs like
/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/compose

By the way: is key names from kernel and from X are identical? What will be if mc will run on OS whehe kernel names some keys [123abc] and [1q2W3e4R5t6y7]? Will mc follow this names and shows its to users?

though i must admit i never heard "complete"

You can read about "complete" here:
​http://www.linux.org.ru/view-message.jsp?msgid=3924060&lastmod=1249411320869&page=-1

The description is here:
​http://www.linux.org.ru/jump-message.jsp?msgid=3924060&cid=3924627

and here:
​http://www.linux.org.ru/jump-message.jsp?msgid=3924060&cid=3925161

and judiciary resume is here :-) :
​http://www.linux.org.ru/jump-message.jsp?msgid=3924060&cid=3928161

[angel_il]

about
"COMPLETE = Escape.
META = ALT"

Complete != Escape

Complete = Meta+Tab (Esc+Tab or Alt+Tab )

[egmont]

See also #3087.