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

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?
Date	2015-10-07 23:22 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnn1bade.2hrf.g.kreme@amelia.local> (permalink)
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In message <d7l9drFogllU4@mid.individual.net> 
  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2015-10-07, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>
>> What sucks is that what if I want to use this feature? So I have to use 
>> this command back and forth in Terminal? :(

> So make your own - it's simple on OS X:

> 1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Script Editor
> 2. Create a new document.
> 3. Copy and paste the following code into the document.
> 4. Save the document with the name "Toggle Key Repeat" and file format
> "Application".
> 5. Quit Script Editor.

> Run the application to toggle between the two. : )

> Here's the code (be sure to remove line wraps introduced by Usenet
> clients when you copy and paste it):

> -- begin script
> set answer to display alert "Key Repeat Behavior" message "Pressing and
> holding a key:" buttons {"Shows Special Characters", "Repeats"} default
> button 2

> if answer's button returned is "Repeats" then

> do shell script "defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false"

> else

> do shell script "defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true"

> end if

> display alert "Don't Forget" message "Currently running applications
> must be restarted before they will reflect changes." buttons "Thanks"

add 'giving up after 5' to that one, I'd recommend.


-- 
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Night spread across the Disk like plum jam, or possibly blackberry
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Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 12:43 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 17:53 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 13:28 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 11:34 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 13:37 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 11:52 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-10-07 15:12 -0600
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 16:36 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-08 20:44 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 19:07 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 14:35 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 13:39 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 11:52 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 18:59 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 12:18 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 19:40 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 12:54 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 20:01 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-07 16:18 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 20:28 +0000
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-07 19:52 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 00:15 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 18:23 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 17:17 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 10:28 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 17:34 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:25 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 17:45 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 16:04 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 16:12 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 15:01 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 20:04 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 20:31 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 00:35 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-08 10:14 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 16:09 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 11:16 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 13:40 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 18:49 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 14:22 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 19:48 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-08 09:19 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 20:29 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 16:37 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-08 13:28 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 00:33 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 17:35 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-07 23:00 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-08 04:23 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 17:45 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-08 14:12 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 18:32 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-08 18:16 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 01:40 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 06:03 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 08:53 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-09 09:06 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 17:18 -0700
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-10-09 12:27 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-10-09 14:29 -0400
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-10-09 18:32 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 11:12 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 10:17 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-09 13:49 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 20:52 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 18:02 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-09 16:26 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 21:02 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-09 01:51 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-09 14:18 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-10 10:43 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-09 17:47 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-10 00:00 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 15:45 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-09 18:50 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 16:41 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-10 02:05 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2015-10-10 07:35 +0200
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-10 18:52 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 23:13 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-10 16:58 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-10 10:06 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-10 19:38 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 17:56 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 11:16 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-10 10:29 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 15:46 -0700
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-07 23:00 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 21:01 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-07 23:00 -0400
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 00:13 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 08:56 -0700
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 14:31 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 15:07 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-08 22:18 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 20:25 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 11:09 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 14:06 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:21 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 15:06 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 17:10 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 15:31 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 11:53 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 14:22 -0500
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 19:17 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 12:24 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-07 23:22 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 00:13 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 18:56 +0000
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 19:47 +0000
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