No autorepeat on windows 11 with kmonad-0.4.1

[delock]

Kmonad version: 0.4.1 prebuilt binary
windows version: 11
sympton: key combinations work well, but no auto repeat, even those keys that is not mapped does not have auto repeat.

To be sure this is not a problem of config file, I created a blank config file which has no alias. Still same behavior.

Also tried both user mode start and start as administrator still get the same.

Config file used.

(defcfg
  ;; For Windows
   input  (low-level-hook)
   output (send-event-sink)

  ;; Comment this if you want unhandled events not to be emitted
  fallthrough true

  ;; Set this to false to disable any command-execution in KMonad
  allow-cmd false
)


(defsrc
  grv  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    0    -    =    bspc
  tab  q    w    e    r    t    y    u    i    o    p    [    ]    \
  caps a    s    d    f    g    h    j    k    l    ;    '    ret
  lsft z    x    c    v    b    n    m    ,    .    /    rsft      up
  lctl lmet lalt           spc            ralt rmet cmp  rctl left down rght
)

(deflayer default
  grv  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    0    -    =    bspc
  tab  q    w    e    r    t    y    u    i    o    p    [    ]    \
  caps a    s    d    f    g    h    j    k    l    ;    '    ret
  lsft z    x    c    v    b    n    m    ,    .    /    rsft      up
  lctl lmet lalt          spc             ralt rmet cmp  f11  left down rght
)

[bertbesser]

Fwiw, did you have a look at this and this this? Should give you auto-repeat.

Note: You have to compile yourself, since there's no pre-build binary available. I followed this to build the newest version.

[PockyBum522]

Just wanted to drop some extra info that will save anyone doing this a bit of time:

The guide in the last link of the post above worked great on Windows 10. You'll want to build and use the master branch, it fixes key repeat on windows.

You'll need to add two numbers to your defcfg as shown here:

In send-event-sink 300 20 as shown, 300 means wait 300ms before starting to repeat and 20 is ms between repeated chars. You might like 500 before repeat start better, but I want mine shorter.

It is absolutely a terrible idea to download exe's from strangers, but here's the build I made from the main branch, today:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/twmhfidcsaftf5dnmd2vt/kmonad-key-repeat-fixed.exe?rlkey=t2bbk2dl8etrwd06hz9n1wfz6&dl=1

Algorithm : SHA256
Hash : 17E1E1808B12536D4263B9BAD75330437C701346116F1C351D484D32570535BA
Path : Kmonad-Windows\kmonad-key-repeat-fixed.exe

Of note, the keycode-refactor branch looks stale, and although it builds, it does not work when you try to launch it. At least, not when I go by the guide that is the last link in the post above.