From: cabbage--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>,
cabbage--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: autorepeat behavior in emacs 28.2 running in WSL
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 18:27:51 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <166577207136.340038.854600460179383594@startmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wn95fyr8.fsf@yahoo.com>
On Tuesday, October 11, 2022 9:32 PM, Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> cabbage--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > When I would hold down a key for probably 660 ms it would repeat for
> many
> > minutes making emacs unresponsive. I finally tried xset r off and now,
> holding
> > down a key still autorepeats, but doesn't make emacs unresponsive.
> >
> >
> >
> > Where does that come from? I might want the autorepeat behavior at
> some point.
> > I'd like to be able to restore it in X and not have emacs go bananas.
>
> It comes from both Windows and X. Windows autorepeats the keystrokes,
> which are then sent to Wayland (against the Wayland spec.) Then,
> Microsoft's modified copy of Xwayland autorepeats each of those
> keystrokes as well, causing the speed of autorepeat to grow increasingly
> faster the longer you hold down a key.
>
> The WSL X server is of extremely low quality and is best poked at with a
> very long stick. The longer, the better.
> >
Oddly, this is no longer happening today, after rebooting my computer.
It was happening in emacs, but not in gnome-terminal.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-12 0:51 autorepeat behavior in emacs 28.2 running in WSL cabbage--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-10-12 4:32 ` Po Lu
2022-10-14 18:27 ` cabbage--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2022-10-14 21:02 ` Emanuel Berg
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