xset r question

[Ed Greshko]

On 06/08/2012 06:11 AM, JD wrote:
> I would like to increase the delay before
> autorpeat starts.
> Invoking
> xset r 30 700
>
> does not work. It belches out the whole set of options usage,  including:
>
>     To turn auto-repeat off or on:
>     -r [keycode]        r off
>      r [keycode]        r on
>      r rate [delay [rate]]
> OK, so  I tried
>
> xset r 30 700 30
>
> and it belches out the same usage message.
> So, what package am I missing?
>

Re-read the man page.  "rate" is a parameter.

xset r rate

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