Enable key repeat in Apple Lion for Sublime Text in Vim mode

keyrepeat.shell

# Mac OS X Lion introduced a new, iOS-like context menu when you press and hold a key
# that enables you to choose a character from a menu of options. If you are on Lion
# try it by pressing and holding down 'e' in any app that uses the default NSTextField
# for input.
#
# It's a nice feature and continues the blending of Mac OS X and iOS features. However,
# it's a nightmare to deal with in Sublime Text if you're running Vintage (Vim) mode,
# as it means you cannot press and hold h/j/k/l to move through your file. You have
# to repeatedly press the keys to navigate.

# You can disable this feature for just Sublime Text by issuing the following command
# in your terminal (*not* the Sublime Text console):

defaults write com.sublimetext.3 ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

# Note: replace com.sublimetext.3 with whichever version of Sublime Text you are running
# eg. 'com.sublimetext.2'

# Alternately, if you want this feature disabled globally, you can enter this:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

# In either case you'll need to restart Sublime Text for the change to take place.

# Happy coding!

Thanks! I had to restart Sublime to apply changes, but worked perfectly!

Also, worth noting: you enter this in the OS X terminal, not the sublime terminal (which was my first, incorrect, guess). Thanks for the tip!

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Already had to use this twice. Thank you!!!!

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I love you. Works in ST3 too! (with a minor change)

defaults write com.sublimetext.3 ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Thank you, fantastic. Should note also didn't need to restart the computer, only sublime text.

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Cannot make it work in Mavericks. Any ideas?

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An important detail here is the com.sublimetext.3 -- the documentation is outdated (and Google picks up the older v2 docs).

Thanks for sharing! This really helps me!

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Kai, you rock! Thanks a lot for solving one problem along the way in my quest to find the perfect editor.

Side note:

defaults write com.sublimetext.3 ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

didn't work for me after restarting Sublime, but your global command did:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Thank you very much! Appreciate the documentation and options presented.

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Thank you! That save me from so much pain.

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This has been bugging me for some time now, thanx a lot!

:+1 Thanks. Perfect answer.

Any idea how to get this to work on Mavericks? The global flag works (-g) but I actually want to keep the feature for other apps.

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Thank you. :) Sublime should throw up a warning about this when you activate vintage mode on OSX.

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+1 Thanks!

If someone has the same problem on Terminal (e.g. Vim), go with

defaults write com.apple.Terminal ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

and restart Terminal.

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This is awesome, thank you. Just turned on vintage mode and was immediately infuriated. You saved me much frustration.

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is it possible to enable arrow keys for navigation? I can see that only alphabets can be used to traverse lines.

It works , thx !!!

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate this tip!

this doesn't seem to work anymore,
Mac OS 10.11.1 Sublime 3 build 3114

defaults read  com.sublimetext.3
{
    ApplePressAndHoldEnabled = 0;
    NSNavLastRootDirectory = "~/Desktop/inProgress";
    NSNavPanelExpandedSizeForSaveMode = "{712, 521}";
    NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode = 1;
}

In Mac OSX 10.11.4 works perfectly !!!

Thank you very much !

Works on El Capitan too! ;-) You're awesome!

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Seems to have worked (10.11.5)

Side note, does this have to be run each time the computer is restarted? If so, is it safe to add the line to my .bashrc ? Thanks if anyone answers!

In macOS Sierra 10.12.4 works perfectly !!!

Thank you very much !

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Yosemite here at work. This is very helpful! Thank you!

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Still works in Sierra. Thanks!

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Wow Thanks! Still works :)

Thanks, it worked for me. Btw, I wonder, will .vimrc apply for Vintage in Sublime Text 3?

For anyone on the Sublime Text 4 dev version just change the version to 4:

defaults write com.sublimetext.4 ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

Only works for me if I turn off press and hold globally. Tried multiple things but couldn't get it to deactivate only for Sublime Text (macOS Big Sur 11.4).

I confirm that to make this work in Sublime Text released on May 21, 2021, aka Sublime Text 4 aka Build 4107 aka ST4, the solution provided above by @eproxus works.

defaults write com.sublimetext.4 ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false