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What do you mean by "hold u"? Holding u just repeats the key, right? Why is macosx system is better? Compose keys are mnemonic: e + . = ė ‒ you don't need to r
by wraptile 6y ago
What do you mean by "hold u"? Holding u just repeats the key, right?
Why is macosx system is better? Compose keys are mnemonic: e + . = ė ‒ you don't need to remember any abitrary codes and there are no popups or any implicit accidents.
I've tried many different schemes etc and compose key is still my favorite system and having unified system for linux and macos is big bonus for cross platform users. At the end of the day it's just another option! :)
- saagarjha 6y agoBy default holding down a key does not repeat it. I suspect you’ve probably turned that behavior off.
- wraptile 6y agooh I didn't know that was the default though I can't imagine using a keyboard without key repeat!
- WhiteWestie 6y agoI had to disable it so I could use vim properly unfortunately.
- fluffything 6y ago> What do you mean by "hold u"? Holding u just repeats the key, right? No, it does not. Holding u briefly overlays a keyboard of "compositions" for u, and you can just press whatever key you want afterwards to pick one, see: https://osxdaily.com/2017/03/22/type-accents-mac-easy/ https://osxdaily.com/2017/03/22/type-accents-mac-easy/ > Why is macosx system is better? Compose keys are mnemonic Because macosx system is not mnemonic. If I need to type a particular accent, which I do very often, and there are O(50) variations of them, I don't have to remember anything. Instead, the computer shows me all the options as a type, and I just pick the one I want. --- If I need to type "u" 42 times for whatever reason, holding u and waiting sucks anyways. Every editor I use has a better more precise way of doing this (on my emacs its just meta+42+u), and worst case I can always just do cmd+space and execute "repeat 42 u" or similar.