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| From | ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system |
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| Date | 2015-10-07 14:22 -0500 |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
> >>> When I hold down a key to repeat showing its character (e.g., z for
> >>> zzzzzzzzzz) in Mac OS X v10.10.5, I get a pop-up window showing other
> >>> characters. How can I disabled this and have my stuck key to show all if
> >>> its character I want? I checked my Keyboard settings and couldn't change
> >>> it. The only app that does this correctly is Terminal. Word 2011,
> >>> TextEdit, etc. show this issue. :(
> >>>
> >>> Thank you in advance. :)
> >
> >> I thought there as a GUI setting for this but cannot find it off hand.
> >
> >> Did find this:
> >
> >> defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
> >
> >> Warning, that is from here: <http://goo.gl/lSgE2> and was written for Lion.
> >
> >> Other sites give the same command, though, and I see no evidence of anyone
> >> blowing their computer up with it. :)
> >
> > What sucks is that what if I want to use this feature? So I have to use
> > this command back and forth in Terminal? :(
> And then close and relaunch programs.
> Yeah, seems poorly done.
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Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-07 12:43 -0500
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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
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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
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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? 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? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 09:06 -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? 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
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 21:02 -0700
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
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 12:19 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:06 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 14:11 -0400
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:22 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-08 18:23 +0000
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 14:31 -0400
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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
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 12:19 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 19:47 +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? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-10-07 14:21 -0600
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 16:38 -0700
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