From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Clark Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: keyboard auto repeat Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:40:28 -0500 Message-ID: <8a089797-8572-bdaf-11f8-146b735a3a63@earthlink.net> References: <83y220qhqz.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: sclark46@earthlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29272"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.5.0 To: Eli Zaretskii , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 24 20:02:14 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nNJNU-0007PE-SG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:02:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44848 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nNJNT-0000SR-GU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:02:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53108) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nNJ2a-0001gs-PF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:40:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mta-102a.oxsus-vadesecure.net ([51.81.61.66]:54173 helo=nmtao102.oxsus-vadesecure.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nNJ2Y-0003mB-UO; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:40:36 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; bh=j0JNt7o3HRGInFp0+QJWCXy8K/N0+1dcKtzQFJ H42J8=; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=earthlink.net; h=from:reply-to:subject: date:to:cc:resent-date:resent-from:resent-to:resent-cc:in-reply-to: references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post: list-owner:list-archive; q=dns/txt; s=dk12062016; t=1645728028; x=1646332828; b=Jms/vqjCDcrhXpGPM2O+tM5nN6oYCMiKiDSN/B46G1/09YvVAvXasFo 9JEYLBcUkPUKTsDe+MrViaBjrCIR2sKl8EM8uWwD+4JHH0rOzDII7no96Iwg69UtU+vU6Mt /9L8I+uPp578PajDvRi8ZGbp3Pmq2dBJR5PgXfc3PpW0AlQgga2oN4nraSTM6q044MLg1xw QUl66fOXoyWIAHnxHagnYNsN9dyf7j56olXS7TiMAru+yK6BFhNHX+wjsnNMw1Jbw2Bduch QqNs5kb0ff+7MS0P2EnzWm5dlWYlJCcMcdUc6zNt7fN9eDWEPS3CRLw9tLF2q9BhfnOf3Ah a9g== Original-Received: from [192.168.2.15] ([35.137.218.47]) by smtp.oxsus-vadesecure.net ESMTP oxsus1nmtao02p with ngmta id 3b72b1bd-16d6ccec3a6286b0; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:40:28 +0000 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=51.81.61.66; envelope-from=sclark46@earthlink.net; helo=nmtao102.oxsus-vadesecure.net X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:136181 Archived-At: 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 >>> >>> 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.