Re: [gentoo-user] Scripting KDE?

[Waldo Lemmer <pugonfireyt@gmail.com>]

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On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 11:12 Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:

> > Then I end up with several of the same characters in a row.
>
> The typing style for low profile keyboards is different to your old
> keyboard.
> You are not meant to rest your hands/fingers on the keyboard and then jump
> on
> the keys as if it were a mechanical typewriter.  Instead your fingers are
> meant to float over it.
>
> However, what you're describing is key switch chatter.  Mechanical
> keyboard
> switches can suffer from this problem.  You depress a key once and once
> only,
> but it registers multiple inputs.  It can be *very* annoying!  There are
> some
> fixes for mechanical gaming keyboards, but if you have a new keyboard
> you'd be
> better off asking to RMA it.
>

I believe this is just Dale holding the keys for longer than the key repeat
delay, causing them to repeat. I doubt this is a hardware problem.

>

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