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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?
Date: 7 Oct 2015 20:28:18 GMT
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On 2015-10-07, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <d7lc1kFpka6U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-10-07, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> > On 10/7/15, 12:40 PM, in article d7laq9FogllU10@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. Seems like we are talking
>> in circles. It's an advanced preference that Apple decided not to expose
>> to GUI users.
>
> He's talking about the labeling in the non-hidden Keyboard Preferences. 
> The language there still assumes that auto-repeat exists.

I realize that, and again, that's why this is a hidden preference. If
Apple chose to expose it to users, they'd make corresponding changes to
the preferences panel. Hidden settings are there for power users who
know what they are doing and aren't intended for the majority who only
use the GUI. 

> But since some applications still implement auto-repeat rather than 
> showing special characters, the preference is still appropriate for them.

Hopefully the idea is to confuse novice users as little as possible.

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