Intellij-idea: auto-repetition of letter keys
Using Intellij-Idea 12 on OS X, I have a strange problem: when I keep a letter ([a-z]) key pressed in the editor, the key stroke does not repeat. This is unfortunately a problem since I would like to use the vim plug-in, and to use the keys h,j,k,l to move the cursor around.
Other, non-letter keys do produce repetition when kept pressed. On Ubuntu 12.04 I don't encounter this problem either.
Is this any option thing? Anyone know where to set preferences of key stroke repetition?
Answer
You can change also be more specific and change the behavior for only IntelliJ with the following command. The -g option in the above solution changes it for all applications.
defaults write com.jetbrains.intellij ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
For the 14.x community edition, you may need to use a different URI:
defaults write com.jetbrains.intellij.ce ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
This works for MacOSX 10.10 Yosemite and IntelliJ 13.1.6