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From: ekberg@asl.dl.nec.COM (Tom Ekberg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Questions about Key threshold & screen-saver
Message-ID: <9103211503.AA08697@aslss01.asl.dl.nec.com>
Date: 21 Mar 91 15:03:24 GMT
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 > 1.   How do I change the keyboard auto-repeat delay threshold?  
 > 
 > The default setting is waay tooo :-)  quick.    "xset -r off" will turn it 
 > off.  My man page does not document any threshold setting.

You didn't say what kind of server you are using, but I'll assume you are using
a Sun.  If you look at the man page for Xsun, you will see references to the
-ar1 and -ar2 switches.  The -ar1 switch sets the delay before the autorepeat
starts, and the -ar2 switch sets the interval between autorepeats after the
first one.  I have the following in my .cshrc file:

    alias xinit  "\xinit -- -ar1 500;kbd_mode -a"

This sets the initial autorepeat delay to 0.5 seconds, which is what a lot of
other equipment I have used sets it to.  The kbd_mode -a keeps the keyboard
from getting locked up when the server crashes.

  -- tom, ekberg@asl.dl.nec.com (x3503)