Repeating Keys

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On OSX, holding down a key sometimes makes it a  repeating  key,  and
sometimes  doesn't.   The default behavior seems to vary in different
releases.  If you want this repeating-key behavior, the solution is a
rather counter-intuitive shell command:

   write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool NO

That's right, you set it to "NO" to enable the behavior. ;-)

I also ran across this further explanation at forums.apple.com:

   you can enable in specific apps using
      defaults write app plist ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
   where app plist is something like com.apple.textedit.

I suspect from the "NO"  and  "true"  spellings  that  capitalization
doesn't  matter,  and  both "yes" and "false" should also work, but I
haven't tested this.

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