Re: keyboard auto repeat

[Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net>]

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.