keyboard auto repeat

keyboard auto repeat

[Stephen Clark]

Hi List,

The issue I have if I hold down a key on my keyboard, emacs doesn't respond 
until I let go of the key
then all the key presses are processed. This is a pain when scrolling up or down 
or on a line, you don't
know where you are until you let go of the key.

$ emacs --version GNU Emacs 26.3 on a Dell Precision M4800 i7 with 32mb of 
memory, running ubuntu 20.04 LTS

I have not been able to find a solution to this with google.

I have to slow my keyboard repeat rate down to about 7 cps to be able to see the 
characters.

Thanks in advance,
Steve

Re: keyboard auto repeat

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:34:10 -0500
> From: Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net>
> 
> The issue I have if I hold down a key on my keyboard, emacs doesn't respond 
> until I let go of the key
> then all the key presses are processed. This is a pain when scrolling up or down 
> or on a line, you don't
> know where you are until you let go of the key.
> 
> $ emacs --version GNU Emacs 26.3 on a Dell Precision M4800 i7 with 32mb of 
> memory, running ubuntu 20.04 LTS
> 
> I have not been able to find a solution to this with google.
> 
> I have to slow my keyboard repeat rate down to about 7 cps to be able to see the 
> characters.

Is this in "emacs -Q"?  If not, you probably have too much stuff on
the post-command-hook, or something else keeping Emacs busy.  Take a
hard look at your customizations and find the one(s) that make Emacs
so slow to respond.

Or maybe you are trying this in some major mode that reacts poorly to
such insertions?

FWIW, I have auto-repeat at 25 cps, and Emacs doesn't have any
problems keeping up.

Re: keyboard auto repeat

[Stephen Clark]

On 2/24/22 12:47, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:34:10 -0500
>> From: Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net>
>>
>> The issue I have if I hold down a key on my keyboard, emacs doesn't respond
>> until I let go of the key
>> then all the key presses are processed. This is a pain when scrolling up or down
>> or on a line, you don't
>> know where you are until you let go of the key.
>>
>> $ emacs --version GNU Emacs 26.3 on a Dell Precision M4800 i7 with 32mb of
>> memory, running ubuntu 20.04 LTS
>>
>> I have not been able to find a solution to this with google.
>>
>> I have to slow my keyboard repeat rate down to about 7 cps to be able to see the
>> characters.
> Is this in "emacs -Q"?  If not, you probably have too much stuff on
> the post-command-hook, or something else keeping Emacs busy.  Take a
> hard look at your customizations and find the one(s) that make Emacs
> so slow to respond.
>
> Or maybe you are trying this in some major mode that reacts poorly to
> such insertions?
>
> FWIW, I have auto-repeat at 25 cps, and Emacs doesn't have any
> problems keeping up.
It is not emacs -Q. But thanks for a tip about where to look, probably start by 
testing with --no-site-file.


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Re: keyboard auto repeat

[Stephen Clark]

On 2/24/22 13:13, Stephen Clark wrote:
> On 2/24/22 12:47, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:34:10 -0500
>>> From: Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net>
>>>
>>> The issue I have if I hold down a key on my keyboard, emacs doesn't respond
>>> until I let go of the key
>>> then all the key presses are processed. This is a pain when scrolling up or 
>>> down
>>> or on a line, you don't
>>> know where you are until you let go of the key.
>>>
>>> $ emacs --version GNU Emacs 26.3 on a Dell Precision M4800 i7 with 32mb of
>>> memory, running ubuntu 20.04 LTS
>>>
>>> I have not been able to find a solution to this with google.
>>>
>>> I have to slow my keyboard repeat rate down to about 7 cps to be able to see 
>>> the
>>> characters.
>> Is this in "emacs -Q"?  If not, you probably have too much stuff on
>> the post-command-hook, or something else keeping Emacs busy. Take a
>> hard look at your customizations and find the one(s) that make Emacs
>> so slow to respond.
>>
>> Or maybe you are trying this in some major mode that reacts poorly to
>> such insertions?
>>
>> FWIW, I have auto-repeat at 25 cps, and Emacs doesn't have any
>> problems keeping up.
> It is not emacs -Q. But thanks for a tip about where to look, probably start 
> by testing with --no-site-file.
>
>

Just wanted to say thanks - I removed my init.el file which had been 
accumulating since the 90's and no more
problems keeping up with the auto repeat key.