mathiasbynens / mathiasbynens/dotfiles
Key repeat broken in macOS Sierra
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Description
Currently your script...
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0
...does not work in macOS Sierra. I've found that if I set things up here they work great:

Maybe they changed the preference file location or something.
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Research direction
Search the repository for the defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0 command and read the surrounding macOS setup script. Reproduce the behavior on macOS Sierra, then verify that the configured key-repeat preference works as described in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, shell
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100