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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: 8 Oct 2015 17:34:20 GMT
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On 2015-10-08, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 10/8/15, 10:17 AM, in article d7nmpaFct0iU1@mid.individual.net, "Jolly
> Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-10-08, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> On 10/7/15, 5:15 PM, in article d7lqsiFt3hcU2@mid.individual.net, "Jolly
>>> Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2015-10-07, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>>> In article <d7ldj2Fq0orU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>>>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hopefully the idea is to confuse novice users as little as possible.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So you don't think that it's confusing that the delay until showing the
>>>>> special character menu says that it's the delay until auto-repeat?
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah, I suppose you're right. That could be clearer.
>>> 
>>> OK, I realize Apple does not likely read this forum and make decisions based
>>> on it, but what would better wording be?
>> 
>> Key Repeat / **** Delay (where **** is the official name of the special
>> character pop-up menu feature) would do, I think.
>
> Key Repeat / Accented or Alternate Version Delay.

The actual official name is for Apple to decide, whenever they get
around to exposing it to all (novice) users.

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