Emacs people - I've searched high and low and can't work it out:
How do I configure it so that when I press and hold h, j, k, l (using evil mode) it moves till I take my finger off the key. At the moment I have to continually hit the key and it's annoying. When using the arrow keys, it works fine.
I've searched for character repeat, and all I get is how to repeat a command with . which is not what I want.
Tyia
Thanks to @rahguzar for suggesting using lossage. I tried it and it doesn't show the letter I'm holding down. It shows the previous key presses, but not the one being held down.
Between the escape and the C-h l, I'm holding down j, so something is afoot...
Oh, blast, I've figured it out: it's most likely because my keyboard (ErgoDox EZ) doesn't have drivers in WSL. Because it's programmable, it can have functions assigned to key presses. If I use the laptop keyboard, the keys work as expected.
Thank you everyone who helped me figure this out and sorry for such a noob error. 🤦🏻♂️
Sorted it now, it was a setting on my ErgoDox layout. I had h, j, k, l assigned to shortcuts for history, downloads, kill and omnibar. You can tap and hold and it would send C-h etc, which is what was causing the issue. Removed those shortcuts (I never used them anyway) and they work as expected.
Silly config bug, but that's why I love bug hunting: so satisfying when you figure it out!
dodothedev🦤💻
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