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x4nd
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Posted: 08:53am 26 Aug 2020

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Hi,

I tried searching the forum but failed, so I don't know if this has already been addressed. But here goes..

I think the default keyboard repeat is too slow; it has been my main frustration when playing with the editor on the CMM2 itself. I found myself physically hammering on the keyboard to move the cursor around the screen.

I have just found the "OPTION KEYBOARD REPEAT" command and changed the settings to 600,50 - this seems to work nicely. The default is 600,150. 150 milliseconds for a cursor move is too long in my opinion. Windows has a repeat rate of something like 30 characters per second so then going to 6-7 is a bit of a change. Setting this option to 50 millisecond gives a 20 characters per second rate.

From the (excellent) manual:

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OPTION KEYBOARD REPEAT firstchar, nextchar

Define the repeat characteristics of the USB keyboard when a key is held down. 'firstchar' is the time in milliseconds before a new character repeats. Default is 600mSec, the valid range is 100 to 2000 mSec.
'nextchars' is the time in milliseconds before subsequent character repeats. Default is 150mSec, the valid range is 25 to 2000 mSec.

Just thought I should put it out there - can the default be changed to 600,50 (or a number that everyone agrees is a good default)? There are probably other souls out there who don't know about this setting and are not enjoying the editing experience as much as they could as a result.

-Stuart

If only there were more hours in the day..

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