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Re-enabling Key Repeat in OSX Lion


I have recently upgraded to OSX Lion, and I have to say that I love everything about it. Except for one thing. In many apps, the key repeat has been disabled in favor of the new press-and-hold popup for getting alternative characters.

This is fine for most apps, but for apps like PyCharm where I use vi key maps, it becomes very, very frustrating.

I came across this little tip to re-enable the key repeat, and my life is measurably better (first world problems, I know…).

Run the following in your Terminal.app:

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defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Then reboot, and you should be good to go!

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  • http://twitter.com/joule79 Julian Jares

    I came for the pressandhold, but stayed for the vi key maps… How do you do them? I am trying to get away from Komodo, but NEED my vi.
    Thanks in advance.

    • http://www.belchak.com Ben Belchak

      I use PyCharm for my IDE, and there is a pretty nice plugin to give you the vi key mappings. There is a free trial, so you can give it a shot!

  • Anonymous

    Lion’s UI regressions and defects are a disgrace.

  • Martist

    TAHNK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

  • Joe

    Yaaaaaaaaay!:)

  • Viy Net

    Reboot isn’t required.
    Great thanks for tip.

  • Anonymous

    You can also disable this per app by replacing “-g” with the app’s defaults identifier.

  • Rafaeljtsilva

    it’s not really the same thing though

  • steveo

    measurably better? where are the measurements?

    • http://www.facebook.com/hekman Ben Belchak

      My life before on a scale of awesome to most awesome was sitting around pretty awesome, but since I have disabled key repeat I have moved up to super awesome.

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