I know I can change keyboard autorepeat settings with xset r rate <delay> <rate>.
Can anyone tell me the default values on Ubuntu? I've checked the man page and tried googling, to no avail.
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3`xset q` should display current settings. – jimmij Jul 17 '17 at 12:09
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This link might help: https://askubuntu.com/questions/140255/how-to-override-the-new-limited-keyboard-repeat-rate-limit – Cyclonecode Jul 17 '17 at 12:33
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@jimmij thanks! If you post this as an answer, I'll be happy to accept it :-) – Jan Warchoł Jul 17 '17 at 12:40
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You can display current settings with
xset -q
where among other useful information one can find:
Keyboard Control:
auto repeat: on
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auto repeat delay: 660 repeat rate: 25
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Delay is given in milliseconds and rate is the number of repeats per second.
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4Just a side note: both `xset q` and `xset -q` work, the later option (with dash) is more standard in unix world, but the former is given in xset manual. – jimmij Jul 17 '17 at 15:07
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Note that for many arguments (including `b` (bell), `dpms`, `fp` (font path), and `r` (repeat rate)), `xset` treats the presence or absence of `-` differently. @jimmij is correct that both work the same for `q`, but in general, using `-` with `xset` can be surprising. – Ben Stern May 17 '20 at 02:20