Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!BRL.MIL!phil 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 Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 24 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