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From: w-stephm@microsoft.UUCP (Stephan MUELLER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Why doesn't RETURN repeat?
Message-ID: <56328@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 6 Aug 90 18:01:42 GMT
References: <1990Aug4.191910.27922@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <35206@ut-emx.UUCP>
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In article <35206@ut-emx.UUCP> lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) writes:
%In article <1990Aug4.191910.27922@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> wille@frith.msu.edu (Jeffrey Wille) writes:
%>Why do all the keys repeat except for the RETURN?
%
%I don't know, but escape doesn't either.
%I think it's a design decision made by commodore (i.e. they think it's a
%feature instead of a bug).
%I guess they think there are more times that you want RETURN _not_ to repeat
%than otherwise.
%
%At any rate, if you want a repeating return, use Ctrl-M instead of the 
%RETURN key.  If you want a repeating escape, use Ctrl-[.

Which keys repeat and which don't is a function of the keymap, I
believe.  With a good keymap editor, you should be able to specify
the behaviour of any key on the keyboard.  If you have anything but
an A1000, you probably load a keymap in your startup-sequence anyway,
to get access to the grey keys on your numeric keypad.  Modify this
keymap using EdiMap or some other such tools which is found on (you
guessed it) some Fish Disk.

stephan("not to be taken as gospel");