A standard for global/desktop environment shortcuts to prevent conflicts with Linux apps

[Nate Graham]

I'm not sure it's relevant. This spec is for FOSS desktop environments. 
Typically you aren't going to be installing Plasma or GNOME on a Mac on 
top of macOS. You might wipe macOS and install a FOSS OS, in which case 
the spec fully applies with no issues.

Nate



On 6/8/20 4:11 PM, Sparr wrote:
> I think it's worth calling out, although I suspect most of us are 
> already aware, that in macOS most applications use the command/super key 
> for shortcuts that would use ctrl in other OSes, while still also using 
> ctrl and option/alt as application modifier keys as well.
> 
> I do not expect cross-platform apps to change their behavior on macOS as 
> a result of this standard, even if they are otherwise compliant.
> 
> On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 5:37 PM Nate Graham <nate at kde.org 
> <mailto:nate at kde.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 5/6/20 6:05 PM, Noah Davis wrote:
>      > Start key == Windows key. Maybe I didn't use the right name, but I've
>      > always called it the Start key since it opens the start menu. It's
>      > called Meta in Qt and Super in GTK.
> 
>     ...And if you're using a Mac keyboard, the command key (the one with
>     the
>     cloverleaf symbol on it) maps to Meta/Super/Win/Start/whatever we're
>     calling it. :)
> 
>     +1 for the original proposal. Since GNOME is already doing this,
>     perhaps
>     we could make a formal XDG spec recommending it. Seems pretty
>     logical to me.
> 
>     Nate
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