A new Lion feature taken over from iOS is the "Character Picker", which generates a popup menu of accented characters when you hold down the base letter on the keyboard. Some users detest this, as it stops the key repeat function which normally results when you hold down a key. To get rid of Character Picker, open Terminal and type
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
and then restart.
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yay thanks! been bugging me!!r
I don't know about other language inputs, but I'm using ATOK 2009 (and I believe I tried this on kotoeri too) but if you are using the roman character input from these language inputs, the repeat function still works :)
"Interestingly, you can set this preference on a per-application basis. So you can enable key-repeat for, say, TextEdit but not for Safari by using e.g. com.apple.TextEdit instead of the global domain."
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/26/hackinations-5-really-good-lion-tweaks/
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