On Thursday 12 June 2008, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> 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.
>

In KDE3 you can disable the "press shift for 8 seconds" effect by turning
off "Activation Gestures". You can also reduce the "Acceptance delay" (if
slow keys are activated) to as little as 50msec. (kcontrol/Accessibility)
I've no idea about KDE4.

Jim