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From: Tim Harper <timcharper@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: OS X Lion and "ApplePressAndHoldEnabled"
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:58:16 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <A2D6E19E-8F2B-4CBF-8D38-4C98AE284A53@gmail.com> (raw)

In the latest version of OS X Apple has introduced "Press and Hold".  In Emacs, it's on by default.  This translates to in Emacs, any alphanumeric key, when held down not in combination of any key modifiers, only one key press is emitted, in contrast with the previous behavior where the key is repeated as fast as your system repeat rate is set.

This is especially troublesome for key bindings that use the home-row keys for navigation, such as viper mode.  No longer can you hold down "J" to go down several lines…

Fortunately, there is a workaround, shown to me by hober of #emacs.  If this is added at the top of your emacs config file (such that it is executed before the frame is fully initialized):

(ns-set-resource nil "ApplePressAndHoldEnabled" "NO")

… then the previous behavior is restored, making viper users and the like happy once again.

I recommend that this should be set by default.

Thanks,

Tim


             reply	other threads:[~2011-06-15 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-15 20:58 Tim Harper [this message]
2011-06-18 16:29 ` OS X Lion and "ApplePressAndHoldEnabled" Chong Yidong
2011-06-18 18:54   ` Tim Harper
2011-06-20 16:22     ` Tim Harper
2011-06-20 18:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-06-20 18:26   ` Tim Harper
2011-06-20 18:33     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-06-20 18:35       ` [PATCH] Default to disable PressAndHold in Mac OS X Lion Tim Harper
2011-06-21 18:50       ` OS X Lion and "ApplePressAndHoldEnabled" David Reitter
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-06-17 21:01 Donald Ephraim Curtis
2011-06-17 21:29 ` Edward O'Connor
2011-06-17 21:36 ` Tim Harper

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