How to disable key repeat

[gerhard-h]

consider an alias like this:
q_ (tap-hold 200 240 q S--) ;; tap = q hold = _
when using tap-hold it may not be helpful to get multiple underscores just because you held the key a little to long.
so you can use the fact that unicode will not autorepeat

uso (unicode _ )
q_ (tap-hold 200 240 q @uso ) 

I came up with more usefull aliases

! (unicode ! )
: (unicode :)
semi (unicode ;)
ü (unicode ü)
ö (unicode ö)
ä (unicode ä)

there is a problem: you cannot shift an unicode anymore => no upper case Ä Ö Ü

the solution I came up with - tap-dance

ü (tap-dance 10 (;))
ö (tap-dance 10 (grv))
ä (tap-dance 10 ('))

[br-lemes]

consider an alias like this: q_ (tap-hold 200 240 q S--) ;; tap = q hold = _

I'd use q_ (tap-hold 200 240 q (macro S--)) ;; tap = q hold = _ to prevent underscore being repeated.

[gerhard-h]

macro is indeed an easier workaround than tap-dance

also it is worth mentioning for most keys like S-0 autorepeat must be disabled explicitly

  geq (tap-hold 200 200 g (macro S-0))  ;; g or =

while for S-2 to S-9 there is no autorepeat anyhow like

  hsl (tap-hold 200 200 h S-7)          ;; h or / no autorepeat 

[jtroo]

Oh that's weird. Is the lack of autorepeat for certain shifted keys a bug or intentional from the application / operating system?

[gerhard-h]

just realized that the missing autorepeat is happening to all shifted ( S- A-C- ...) keys when just added to a layer.
Not using kanata (or pressing the mods myself) all this keys have autorepeat in all applications.

funny observation: S-, does not autorepeat while (tap-hold 200 200 , S-, ) does. (maybe because S-, is ; in german but ; is a non shifted key in US )

P.S. personally I don't mind the missing autorepeat