Path: csiph.com!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 11:52:16 -0700 Lines: 41 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 Fye6uhRaJhM1fDPiuMp7Xw4IFjSJ2R1CJRxXyBEW0YKKCXrSs4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:vZsAwsSojw9ljV7SBqBRXBdi7iY= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Thread-Index: AdEBMUj86TNwXjFpEE6RchACxufevA== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32436 comp.sys.mac.system:82305 On 10/7/15, 11:35 AM, in article 561565ba$0$49161$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com, "JF Mezei" wrote: > On 2015-10-07 13:53, Jolly Roger wrote: > >> >> > > > Thanks. Had not noticed this. I have my own keyboard design, and holding > down the "e" didn't even pop up a menu with all accented versions of the e. > > Interesting that the System Preferences for Yosemite still has key > repeat settings even if Apple would have disabled key repeat by default. I figured key repeat still worked for SOME keys, just not ones with "variants". In testing this is not the case! Yeah, that is weird... and the "Delay Until Repeat" effects the delay until you see the variants. Maybe it is different in different programs? I only tested in TextEdit. Still seems weird. > (note: the change hasn't yet taken effect on Thunderbird) Have you quit and relaunched it? -- * 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: