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ksuperkey
C2018–2022
hanschen / ksuperkey

ksuperkey

Linux utility that allows you to use the Super key both to open the start menu and as a modifier key in keyboard shortcuts

2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
361GitHub stars
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What it is

Linux utility that allows you to use the Super key both to open the start menu and as a modifier key in keyboard shortcuts

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-05-30 09:42:24 UTC to 2022-12-15 20:51:14 UTC.

012018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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You can use https://github.com/alols/xcape or https://github.com/hanschen/ksuperkey for that. The windows key is a modifier like shift, alt or ctrl and hence at first it seems like a really, really bad idea to use it a shortcut by itself. The above programs hence implement the same behind-the-scences workarounds other desktop environments and windows use: treat pressing and releasing win alone as special. You can of course also use this for other keys, for example caps alone-> Esc caps+c -> ctrl+c Alternatively, I win+space instead of just win also is quite natural shortcut.
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