Re: keyboard auto repeat

[Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net>]

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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