However, some people refer to the key as 'Meta' as well, so you should probably just avoid the term altogether.īy right click key you probably mean the Menu key which in many applications and operating systems functions similarly to to a right click on the mouse - it opens a context menu. Alt is sometimes called 'Meta' because it replaced Meta's functionality I suspect emacs is mostly at fault for using Alt and Esc as replacements for meta in its keybindings. Super is still around on modern keyboards, as the /Tux/whatever key next to Alt. Meta, Super, and Hyper are all keys from the old Symbolics keyboard that X still has internal keycodes for (so they can still be bound to modifiers). It's your choice on how you want to back up your information, you could write it down on a piece of paper, save it as a file or even place it in a safe in a bank. Then you could import it in a other wallet on a different pc for example. For example, if the mod key is Alt, then Alt+ J will generally advance to the next window. When you export your private key you'll have to enter your password and it will show you your private key.
Tiling window managers also frequently refer to a single 'mod key', which is the modifier key chosen by the user for all the WM's keybindings. Conspicuously missing from the list is Alt, which is usually bound to Mod1. Any key can be bound to any of these modifiers, but (as you might imagine) typically the left/right Shift keys are bound to Shift, Caps Lock is bound to Lock, and left/right Ctrl are bound to Control.
