adjust the speed of the cursor in terminal

wucheng · 02-13-2009, 11:57 AM

the cursor speed in my terminal is slow , i wanna speed it up ,i need your help ?

theNbomr · 02-13-2009, 01:03 PM

If you are referring to the speed at which you are able to move the cursor, then this is a function of your keyboard's repetition rate. You can change it with kbdrate, but this will affect all applications. Sometimes, your desktop will have a GUI tool to do the same thing.
man kbdrate

--- rod.

kc8hr · 02-14-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by wucheng

the cursor speed in my terminal is slow , i wanna speed it up ,i need your help ?

Try "xset m (speed in fraction or whole number) (threshold)

Try this link for more info: http://www.computerhope.com/unix/uxset.htm

Good Luck!
Tim