Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?

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On 10/7/15, 1:01 PM, in article d7lc1kFpka6U1@mid.individual.net, "Jolly
Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

...
>>> 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.
> 
> That's why the setting is a hidden preference.

I meant the preferences you can see. It has been noted though that some keys
do still repeat, such as brightness and volume. Still, seems like they could
do the whole thing better. Few keys are effected by that setting the way the
setting is labeled.

> Seems like we are talking in circles. It's an advanced preference that Apple
> decided not to expose to GUI users.

Overall I think Apple does this too much. I wish they had some "advanced"
settings. Not looking for the insanity you see on KDE or VLC or the like
where there are so many settings you cannot find what you want anyway, but
more "advanced" areas where you did not need to go to the command line to
set such things.

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