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 13:13:37 -0500 Message-ID: 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: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31558"; 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 19:14:52 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 1nNIdg-000845-N6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:14:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57004 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nNIdf-0002Gc-Hn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:14:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:47034) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nNIcp-00026F-Ar for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:13:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mta-102b.oxsus-vadesecure.net ([51.81.61.67]:40435 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 1nNIcd-0007TU-Uu; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:13:59 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; bh=DZtTXlr/WtB2chU/8a2wLQq7w9dyvk3iNy6FEl QXEWk=; 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=1645726417; x=1646331217; b=ocRGOY02CNyCr5RAVYu/ygVZTQ+fSP0KuomL4Yq41B8Ba/z9jlvyTSp p/Zi7u/LeG8XhaA3lQJY8I2wxmz4DCvEbYy1C9c1n/rUrtdyRndLER98kbMkTsgKKobayoW T2HhaOhNe1y1GG4W4nQ2itGfTuKZB2z0IhuhSrQHuzi9XrE8uy/hEnH9Xu8YReTRkM3qVCB kZsu2HH50n2M48lbG6rrchC/pHm0W1BAuLQ9yVoLy59Iygbe7YcU39C3nBzz//uHOMXzEr+ 6nRxU5HtkVrRwo2nJU9cEVcYmKAnTg6qFiJg2QDZJqNPf7806CtU+UJQaRFZ+UOnYvt5jqR ikA== Original-Received: from [192.168.2.15] ([35.137.218.47]) by smtp.oxsus-vadesecure.net ESMTP oxsus1nmtao02p with ngmta id e85d92e8-16d6cb751b2227c8; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:13:37 +0000 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <83y220qhqz.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=51.81.61.67; 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:136180 Archived-At: 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. -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson) "Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy!" (Ben Franklin)