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shell commands, pre-compiled to webAssembly, ready to use in a-Shell
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Enable key repeat on iOS / iPadOS for normal key H, J, K and L #10

Closed avvocati-e-mac closed 3 years ago

avvocati-e-mac commented 3 years ago

I would like to use H, J, K and L as the arrow key in Vim, but for those letter (differently that the arrow key) if you press for example K the keyboard type only one K and you have to re-press the K to go up a line.

I use an iPad Pro 3td generation 12.9 and a smart Folio Keyboard. I’m on the public beta so it’s possibile is a bug.

I’ve abilitate key repeat in the accessibility panel of iOS / iPadOS. The arrow keys where affected (I decreased the time delay) but not the “normal” key.

From what I read online is a problem of Apple but I heard that in the last iOS / iPadOS something was introduced for key press release (but I’m not a programmer).

Sorry wrong place. 😅

holzschu commented 3 years ago

Hi, thanks for raising the issue. I had seen the "key press / release" novelty in iOS 15, but had not connected with the long-standing problem of key repeat in Vim (which is really annoying, I agree with you).

One problem here is that some languages use multiple-keys to enter character, and that interferes with auto-repeat.

The settings "use caps-lock as escape" (in Settings) has the unexpected side effect to activate auto-repeat in Vim (and deactivate multi-char input). I could change the name, or make a separate settings for "Auto-repeat in Vim".