On Wed, 22 May 2002 12:52, Gerald Waugh wrote: > On Tuesday 21 May 2002 08:17 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > Michael Adams wrote: > > > When typing away in Kmail or KWrite some key strokes take about a full > > > second to be actioned. Specifically punctuation keys like ["] and [']. > > > I am running KDE on a P3 500. Only some of the punctuation keys are > > > like this. Full stops, commas and even the square brackets i just used > > > are fine. If i am tapping at normal speed (i am not a touch typist) the > > > letter after gets missed as well. Anybody else had this one? > > > > > > It's a bit of a pain because i have to remember to slow for those keys. > > > Then all of a sudden i have three of them. > > > > > > I dont mind a RTFM, just tell me which FM. > > How much memory does the machine have? can you tell if its swapping as you > type?
Thanks for the reply Gerald. It not the memory thing. It may be to do with my choice of the US(international) keyboard. All KDE apps wait to see what the next character typed is and then place accents (grávès?) on the vowels. Nice feature, but how do i turn it off! Michael
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