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From: caromero@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (C. Antonio Romero)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: key repeat rate in X11R3 on sun3's and 4's
Message-ID: <4601@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 27 Nov 88 22:01:46 GMT
References:  <15108@joyce.istc.sri.com>
Reply-To: caromero@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (C. Antonio Romero)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <15108@joyce.istc.sri.com> wohler@spam.istc.sri.com (Bill Wohler) writes:
>Gilbert Harman writes:
>>Using X11R3 on sun 3's and 4's, I find that the key repeat
>>rate is much faster than on the previous version.  Too fast.
>  too fast?
>
>  bob, actually i think the rate was changed from 100 to 50
>  milliseconds between the two releases.  however, 50 is still too
>  slow--again i changed AUTOREPEAT_DELAY in server/ddx/sun/sun.h to
>  20.

I think that the problem Gil is experiencing (well, at least I'm having
this problem...) is not with the repeat-rate, but with the length
of time you have to hold a key to get a repeat.  I at least have had problems
with getting some repetition during normal typing.  Causes lots of typos.

I haven't looked at source, but AUTOREPEAT_DELAY sounds like it governs
the length of time between repetitions, not the time when the first
repeptition starts. (Maybe it governs both...)
Is there any way to lengthen the period between when you hit a key and
when the auto-repeat starts?
(I hope this is clear...)
If there isn't, could it be put on the "wish list" for future releases?

-Antonio Romero        romero@confidence.princeton.edu