Bug#1004946: Cannot hold down backspace to delete password
On Feb 11, 2022, at 8:51 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@debian.org> wrote:
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> If the regression is caused by changes in how XInput/XInput2 behave,
> then maybe this problem should be addressed in that package. I'm
> reassigning this report there and marking that it affects xscreensaver.
I have no reason to believe that XInput2 has not always behaved that way. You are noticing it now because XScreenSaver only began using XInput2 as of 6.x.
Stating the problem/annoyance more concisely:
XInput2 does not send auto-repeat press/release events in the same manner as XNextEvent.
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