No repetition of keys in X11R7

[Jon TURNEY]

Rodrigo Medina wrote:
> Jon Turney wrote:
>> You might try "xset q" to check what the reported key repeat settings are
> 
> Using xset I have discovered the following:
> 
> After starting XWin with
> $ XWin -multiwindow -clipboard &
>  XWin.0.log says:
> (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31
> 
> but if xset q is ran before opening any client it reports:
>   auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
>   auto repeat delay:  660    repeat rate:  25
> 
> Now if a client is opened, then xset q reports:
>   auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
>   auto repeat delay:  500    repeat rate:  31
> 
> If the map is changed with setxkbmap the autorepeat values remain the same
> and everything is OK
> 
> If instead the map is changed with setxkbmap before any client is opened
> then the repeat values are
>   auto repeat delay:  660    repeat rate:  25
> 
> and those values remain the same after opening a client. With those values
> the key repetition does not function. 
> If I change the values with xset r rate 500 31  everything is OK.

This behaviour should be fixed (or at least, changed :-)) in xorg-server 
1.5.3-5.  Feedback welcomed.

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