Ask HN: Increase Key Repeat rate on Mac OS beyond normal limits

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32228133

by ggerganov • 4 years ago

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Hey, I thought about asking here in case someone knows some hacky way to go beyond the Key Repeat limit of the keyboard on Mac OS.

I already know about the command "defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 1" but it is still not fast enough. Any ideas or suggestions?

For a video demonstration of the question check the videos in these 2 tweets:

https://twitter.com/ggerganov/status/1551619285943975937

Cyberdog• 4 years ago

This feels an awful lot like an XY problem, so forgive me for asking this, but for what purpose do you need the key repeat rate to be faster than the maximum?

Is it just a matter of wanting the speeds in macOS and Ubuntu to match up?

ggerganov2• 4 years ago

I'm just very used to the fast repeat rate on my Ubuntu workstation and recently started using my MacBook. I like having high repeat rate because it allows me to navigate much faster in my editor while developing stuff.

marcinreal• 4 years ago

Can you learn to navigate by searching for the text you want to get to?[0] Or does your editor provide any facilities for jumping directly to the desired location?[1]

[0]: Beginner's Emacs tip. Should apply in other editors.

[1]: Example for Emacs: https://github.com/abo-abo/avy