[PD-dev] autorepeat with [key], [keyup], and [keyname]

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

> 
> I am working with the core keyboard objects and I noticed that when the 
> key auto-repeats, these objects ([key], [keyup], and [keyname]), send a 
> stream of alternating 0's and 1's.  I think that the correct way to do 
> auto-repeat would just be to send out 1's for each repeat event, rather 
> than alternating 0's and 1's.  The current condition makes it very hard 
> to use the keys in their held state.
> 
> I would like to file a bug report, but I am wondering if there is any 
> reason to keep the current behavior.  Attached is a patch that 
> illustrates my point.

AFAIK, the X11 specification does it like that; at the very least, all
versions of XFree86 of the last 7 years (or so) do it like that, as well
as SUN's Slowlaris/Dope'n'win. I've never seen the explanation.

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