Bug: Groups of simultanous keys kills repeat rate

[kbilsted]

Not sure if this is a bug. But here goes

Using the configuration

AltLeft{H}	        >> ArrowLeft
AltLeft{J}	        >> ArrowDown

everything works nicely. I can hold down the keys and they repeat like the cursor keys do.

When I add a group selector

(J K) 		>> TO_NORMAL

then the repeat of J is no longer firing

[houmain]

No, this is not a bug. It waits whether the K follows or not. It starts repeating as soon as you also press the 'K'.
You could try !AltLeft (J K) >> TO_NORMAL or the recently added ?, which makes it skip the mapping as long as it does not match completely: ? (J K) >> TO_NORMAL

[kbilsted]

Great thanks for the quick reply. Would it be best practice to prefix ? to all definitions?
When wouldn't this be a good idea?

[kbilsted]

ok that was a bad idea using ? it spins keymapper out of control using nearly all cpu and eating 2-3 MB ram a second

[houmain]

Thanks, this should be fixed in 4.4.5.

Would it be best practice to prefix ? to all definitions?

While ? (J K) immediately outputs J or K when one is pressed alone, (J K) does not. So it depends on your usecase.