Re: No repetition of keys in X11R7

[Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>]

Rodrigo Medina wrote:
> Jon Turney wrote:
> > This keyboard layout should be auto-detected, so you
> >  shouldn't need to do anything to get it work
>
> Actually the X11 us international map that XWin puts is quite
> different from the Windows us-international map, the map
> us(intl) is more similar to  Window's one.

Oh, yes, I see... there is both '-layout us -variant intl'
and '-layout us -variant alt-intl' (this last one is the one we currently 
select when windows has 'English (USA, International)' keyboard layout configured.

I'm not sure if you are telling me the 'intl' variant should be selected for 
this keyboard layout, or if you just prefer it...

> > You might try "xset q" to check what the reported key repeat settings are
>
> Using xset I have discovered the following:
>
> After starting XWin with
> $ XWin -multiwindow -clipboard &
>  XWin.0.log says:
> (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31
>
> but if xset q is ran before opening any client it reports:
>   auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
>   auto repeat delay:  660    repeat rate:  25
>
> Now if a client is opened, then xset q reports:
>   auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
>   auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  31

Thanks for this.  This was very helpful in trying to work out what was 
responsible for this weirdness.

> Just for curiosity, why there is now an additional lock file?

The code to use this lock file was optional (and disabled under Cygwin/X) in 
the old X server. Now it's always enabled.

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