Once I started using a rapid keyboard repeat rate, I could never go back to the defaults offered on most operating systems. Some OSes have settings to make the repeat rate ultra fast, but many do not.
By default, the setup script
adds a fish config file
that detects the xset command,
and if it's available it'll set the default repeat rate
(the time between automatic keypresses when you hold down a key)
and the repeat delay (the time between an initial press and the first repeat)
to my preferred values. (maybe they could be tweaked?)
You can edit the fish settings file before running the setup script,
or you can edit it afterwards at ~/.config/fish/conf.d/settings.fish.
If you don't have xset installed by default, here are some options:
Some OSes like Windows have neither xset nor sufficiently fast keyboard repeat rate settings,
but all is not lost:
See this Stackoverflow answer
which links to keyrate.exe hosted here on GitHub.
See that project's releases, and here's my build.
(it's public domain and easily compiled from source, e.g.
.\zig.exe cc -Os -o keyrate.exe ..\keyrate\keyrate.c)
Like all
.exes these should be treated as hazardous. I verified the code before compiling my build but nothing more sophisticated.
Example usage:
- copy
keyrate.exetoC:\keyrate.exe - create
keyrate.bat(or some other name) with the contentsC:\keyrate.exe 180 6or whatever path and settings you prefer - press
WindowsKey+R, entershell:startup, and move thekeyrate.batyou created into the folder that appears
I haven't verified it works, but the above Stackoverflow post mentioned for Windows also contains this answer for macOS.