Tim: >> Just out of curiosity, what do people use keyboard repeat for? >> >> I can't see any point in being able to repeatedly type a string of >> letters, but it's useful in cursoring around. Maybe it's time that >> keyboard repeating was made more intelligent, and only repeats some >> (user) selected keys. fred roller: > mostly backspace and delete and other non-char functions. Prob dates > back to easier to set any key pulse as a whole than being able to > distinguish specific key strokes and combination strokes. > Pretty sure there is a whole discussion on the pros and cons for > changing the status quo on the issue. It's a shame keyboards weren't built like the old IBM Selectrix typewriters. Some keys repeated, if you pressed them in harder, such as underline, space, etc. But every key only fired once if you normally pressed them once. Keys that had no point in being repeatable, such as most of the alphabet, couldn't repeat. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 4.15.17-200.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Apr 12 18:28:26 UTC 2018 x86_64 Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. There is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. Programmers who can't take criticisms shouldn't release software that's so crap it seriously pisses people off. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
