Erin Wilkins wrote:
> Your problem is the line "SlowKeys=true". This enables one of KDEs
> accessibility features. Your keyboard still works, but to get a key to
> register, you have to press and hold down the key for a while.
>
> It's possible to turn this feature on by holding down a key for a while. KDE
> will then ask if you want it enabled. Perhaps you or someone else mistakenly
> answered "yes"?. There's actually a report on the net that someone's cat
> managed to do this by laying down on the keyboard.

Yeah you are correct in this. I remember some popup coming up when I was
thinking about what I was writing as I held shift (I was about to start
a sentence so needed a capital). I then decided what I wanted to write,
which was a new line.... and just as the dialog sprang up, I hit
return...... before I could read it.

This is most definitely *not* adding to accessibility!!!

I can enable it at will now, but I no longer get a confirmation. So if I
hold down shift for a while as I'm thinking what to type at the start of
a sentence (I seem to do this a lot!) I'll get this feature turned on
automatically without any dialog or notification. I don't think I've
ever heard of a more backward "accessibility" feature....

Turned it off now, but this is still totally dumb.


Col

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