Bug#391118: closed by Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> (closing)

["Jason Spiro" <jasonspiro4@gmail.com>]

2008/9/11 Holger Levsen wrote:
...
> it's actually not useful (to have this feature implemented).
>
> If pressing a key accellerates the repeat, how would you know how long to
> press the key? Also, if you want to delete multiple lines/words of text,
> there are smarter ways to do it. (Be it in your shell or in an editor.)
...

What you said makes sense.  Now that I have read your argument, I see
that keyboard acceleration is a bad idea.  Thank you for discussing
this with #debian-devel, and sorry to have wasted your time suggesting
what turns out to have been a bad idea.  :)

-Jason