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From: phil@BRL.MIL (Phil Dykstra)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  key repeat rate in X11R3 on sun3's and 4's
Message-ID: <8811271951.aa02548@SPARK.BRL.MIL>
Date: 28 Nov 88 00:51:41 GMT
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Two numbers govern the Sun server autorepeat behavior (both in sun.h):

AUTOREPEAT_INITIATE	- startup delay in milliseconds
AUTOREPEAT_DELAY	- between char delay in milliseconds

The X11R2 values were:

	INITIATE 200 ms, DELAY 50 msec.

On a Sun 3/50 the *measured* value of delay was comming out around
80 milliseconds.  The measured values for Suntools were approximately:

	INITIATE 500 ms, DELAY 40 msec.

My personal feeling was that 200 INITIATE was a wee bit fast and 50 DELAY
(actual of 80) as too slow.  I changed the R2 values to:

	INITIATE 300 ms, DELAY 25 msec

The latter achieved an actual delay of ~40 msec.  I have not looked at
the R3 code yet.  A command line option for the server would be the best
thing to do about this opinionated matter.

- Phil