Path: csiph.com!au2pb.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:54:23 -0700 Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <9d2dnRPZhcVVxIjLnZ2dnUU7-budnZ2d@earthlink.com> <561565ba$0$49161$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 9LuCKXUwJod5xF+id8uAlAP6TGVJaesS/7FDZ9KNYRXYt9gCVu Cancel-Lock: sha1:3sqGB1vmJjwe88iR/y6Rh0G/HDs= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Thread-Index: AdEBOfZzrVuZLrusPkabHcDF5v/uzA== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32450 comp.sys.mac.system:82338 On 10/7/15, 12:40 PM, in article d7laq9FogllU10@mid.individual.net, "Jolly Roger" wrote: > On 2015-10-07, Snit wrote: >> On 10/7/15, 11:59 AM, in article d7l8cqFogllU3@mid.individual.net, "Jolly >> Roger" wrote: >> >>> On 2015-10-07, Snit wrote: >>>> On 10/7/15, 11:35 AM, in article >>>> 561565ba$0$49161$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com, "JF Mezei" >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> (note: the change hasn't yet taken effect on Thunderbird) >>>> >>>> Have you quit and relaunched it? >>> >>> Yep, I just noticed you have to restart applications for them to pick up >>> the change. >> >> Overall the feature seems half-baked. The options in the keyboard >> preferences are wonky and incomplete, and needing to relaunch apps seems >> poorly done. > > It's a hidden setting for a reason, sure. : ) > >> Not a big deal given how rarely you would change it, but the idea of having >> SOME setting in the preferences panel that do not even make sense unless you >> change a setting in the command line is weird. > > To be fair, the repeat speed setting does make sense with special > characters enabled - it controls how long you have to press the key to > see the special characters menu. Right... but then it is labeled incorrectly and the repeat rate makes no sense. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: