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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  key repeat threshold
Message-ID: <9102011305.AA00365@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 1 Feb 91 13:05:56 GMT
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> I am trying to find out how to control how long the X server waits
> before it starts auto-repeating a key (ie, how long you have to hold
> the key down before it starts repeating).

This is implementation-specific.  You may or may not be able to control
it.  For the MIT server, at least one ddx layer (the Sun one) provides
command-line options (-ar1 and -ar2, I think) to the server to control
the autorepeat parameters.  Check your server documentation.

					der Mouse

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