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From: tom@ICASE.EDU (Tom Crockett)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Keyboard AutoRepeat Rate in Xsun Server
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Date: 4 Jan 90 14:09:59 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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As in previous releases, the keyboard autorepeat feature in the R4 Sun server
is overly-sensitive for many people (those of us with lazy fingers, I guess).
Here is a patch to change the delay before auto-repeat kicks in from 0.2 sec to
0.5 sec, which seems to be a reasonable value.

Tom Crockett

ICASE
Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering
M.S. 132C                               e-mail:  tom@icase.edu
NASA Langley Research Center            phone:  (804) 864-2182
Hampton,  VA  23665-5225




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This patch reduces the sensitivity of the keyboard auto-repeat feature to
a more reasonable level, avoiding spurious characters and providing a feel
similar to SunView.


*** server/ddx/sun/sun.h.orig   Wed Jan  3 16:51:41 1990
--- server/ddx/sun/sun.h        Wed Jan  3 16:53:26 1990
***************
*** 228,234 ****

  extern int monitorResolution;

! #define AUTOREPEAT_INITIATE   (200)           /* milliseconds */
  #define AUTOREPEAT_DELAY      (50)            /* milliseconds */
  /*
   * We signal autorepeat events with the unique Firm_event
--- 228,234 ----

  extern int monitorResolution;

! #define AUTOREPEAT_INITIATE   (500)           /* milliseconds */
  #define AUTOREPEAT_DELAY      (50)            /* milliseconds */
  /*
   * We signal autorepeat events with the unique Firm_event

---- Enclosure ----