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Re: Control and shift key timeouts


Seems to me like you have some accessibility options turned on in
Windows...

See "Accessibility Options" under Windows's "Control Panel".

Hope this helps,
Sebastien

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 03:34:30PM +1000, Luke Kendall wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Apologies for not mentioning this years ago, but ...
> 
> In vi, if I hold down the shift or the control key and then move through
> the file (e.g. repeated CTRL-B or SHIFT-W use), and then hit no fresh
> keys for 5 seconds (i.e. just sit there with the CTRL or Shift key
> depressed), and then continue pressing B or W or whatever, the fact that
> the key is depressed seems to get lost.  I have to lift that finger and
> press the key down again.
> 
> This happens inside an rxvt window or inside a Cygwin window. It
> happens whether or not X is running.  It happens inside an xterm.
> It also happens outside vi: e.g. if you're just editing a bash command
> line.
> 
> Has anyone else noticed this?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> luke
> 
> 
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