ericdodds/mac-key-repeat-speed.txt

## mac-key-repeat-speed.txt
Everybody knows that you can get a pretty fast keyboard repeat rate by changing a slider on the Keyboard tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel. But you can make it even faster! In Terminal, run this command:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0

Then log out and log in again. The fastest setting obtainable via System Preferences is 2 (lower numbers are faster), so you may also want to try a value of 1 if 0 seems too fast. You can always visit the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel to undo your changes.

You may find that a few applications don't handle extremely fast keyboard input very well, but most will do just fine with it.

[robg adds: We originally ran a very similar hint back in 2003. However, that hint had the order of the values reversed, and made the change via editing a preferences file instead of via a defaults write command. So I felt it worth re-running this version as it's simpler and more correct. If anyone knows what service to restart to skip the logout/login step, please comment.]

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090823193018149
	Everybody knows that you can get a pretty fast keyboard repeat rate by changing a slider on the Keyboard tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel. But you can make it even faster! In Terminal, run this command:

	defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0

	Then log out and log in again. The fastest setting obtainable via System Preferences is 2 (lower numbers are faster), so you may also want to try a value of 1 if 0 seems too fast. You can always visit the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel to undo your changes.

	You may find that a few applications don't handle extremely fast keyboard input very well, but most will do just fine with it.

	[robg adds: We originally ran a very similar hint back in 2003. However, that hint had the order of the values reversed, and made the change via editing a preferences file instead of via a defaults write command. So I felt it worth re-running this version as it's simpler and more correct. If anyone knows what service to restart to skip the logout/login step, please comment.]

	http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090823193018149