>Message-Id: <6D2E0DCF-78A8-11D8-BD4C-003065AB1FC0 at messyoptics.com> >From: Carter Tomassi <carter at messyoptics.com> >Subject: [X Newbies] Ready for a little whining? >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:49:38 -0800 > >I am having this stupid little problem that is driving me nuts. Most >of my typing these days is in Mail and I keep double-spacing the space > bar. So much so that I use Find to replace the doubles with single >spaces. I have played with sys. prefs. but the keyboard pref. doesn't >seem to effect the spacebar action. > >Is there something I am missing here? I am on a G4 MP500 with >standard clear/silver Apple keyboard. I bought a gel pad to stick in >front of the keyboard, thinking that would help but no luck. I am >running Panther 3.3 now. I don't recall this problem being so bad >under 9.2.2 and Eudora. > >Note that I am leaving the double spaces in this post. Any >suggestions besides finding an old Royal manual? > ></whine> >Carter Try going to system prefs ->keyboard and Mouse->delay until repeat and increase the value. Chris -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher S. Foote |Internet:foote at chem.ucla.edu 5505C Molecular Science |Phone:(310)-825-1409 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |FAX: (310)-206-1843 University of California, Los Angeles | CA 90095-1569 | http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Organic/CSF_Brochure.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------