What keys on my keyboard is <M-n>?

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Stupid I know, but I can't find for the life of me what keycombination the <M-n> mapping is.

This is strange. <M- stands for "alt-key or meta-key". Everything is explained under :h key-notation. Individual topics are marked appropriately: backspace, <Enter>, <M- etc. — Matt, Commented Feb 14, 2021 at 20:08
@Matt - thanks, that was the help I couldn't find. So <M or <A are both the alt key according to the help but my mapping :nnoremap <M-n> :bp<CR> does exactly nothing. I have switched to <S-n> wich does work. — Lieven Keersmaekers, Commented Feb 15, 2021 at 6:23
"Alt" works only in GUI. Also, "S-n" is just "N" and it's not the best idea to remap it. — Matt, Commented Feb 15, 2021 at 6:26

guntbert · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-14 21:09:29Z

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The meta key is another name for the alt key. This is akin to how the Windows key is called the super key in the Linux world.

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answered Feb 14, 2021 at 20:50

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Thanks ahmed. Much appreciated.
– Lieven Keersmaekers
Commented Feb 15, 2021 at 8:07

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