Mouse Arrow moving Slowly Using keyboard Keys

Question

I have the following code in shell.

It does not work. So I don't know what's my mistake I was wondering if someone could help me

echo $i | awk -F "," '{if(NF == 1) print "Exiting..." system("exit")}'

so $i is a parameter for example hi,hello. And if the number of fields is equal to 1, I'd like the program to exit.

Solution 1

It's more than likely the delay that you have set for they keyboard repeating keys.

1. Go to "System Settings"
2. Click on "Keyboard"
3. Lower the "Delay" slider under "Repeat Keys"
4. Raise the "Speed" slider under "Repeat Keys"

Comment back if this doesn't solve the problem.

Solution 2

I use these commands:

sudo apt-get install xkbset
xkbset ma 60 10 10 5 2

Solution 3

Use gsettings to change the speed parameters keys.

• To find these keys I used:

  gsettings list-recursively | grep keyboard | grep mouse
  

  I found:

  org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-max-speed 10
  org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-init-delay 300
  org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-accel-time 300
  org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-enable true
  

• To know what each key does I use:

  gsettings describe org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-max-speed;
  gsettings describe org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-init-delay;
  gsettings describe org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-accel-time;
  gsettings describe org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-enable;
  

• I performed the following procedure to change these keys:

  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-max-speed 2000;
  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-init-delay 20;
  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-accel-time 2000;
  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.keyboard mousekeys-enable true;
  

These key values ​​are personal, you must enter the values ​​that are suitable for you.

The image below shows how to control your cursor:

Source: https://www.repairwin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/image-8.png

Comments

[Admin]

Confirmed on an Ubuntu 12.10. Same problem: the cursor moves extremely slow when using the keyboard keys. Unfortunately, Fly's post didn't show any improvements.

[user000001]

Do you want the script that contains the above code to exit? Since the awk command runs in a different process you cannot exit like this. You could however call the exit command (without system) from awk, with a specific exit code, and then check awk's exit code from the shell script.

[Matt]

@user000001 if NF is equal to 1, I want the WHOLE code to exit.

[user000001]

@ Matin Added an example for that

[Admin]

I am having this same problem but this fix did not work for me. Please help.

[Admin]

Possible duplicate of Adjust mouse keys in 12.04?

[user000001]

@Matin It shouldn't exit for NF>1. Perhaps you did not separate the fields with comma (,)? Also note that you forgot a set of curly brackets in the code in your question

[Matt]

i do :( I have my string is --only:4,3,2,1 lots of commas. but it still exits

[user000001]

@Matin Strange... Try echo "1,2,3 " | awk -F "," '{if(NF==1){ print NF "Exiting"; exit -1}}' || exit. I did it on my system and it worked...

[Matt]

it worked The problem was <<< "1" I didn't have to put that

[user000001]

@Matin Yes the <<< "1" is a different way of specifying input redirection when the input is a string (equivalent to echo "1" | ...) If the input comes from another command, then you should not add it.

[Meetai.com]

This didn't solved it for me. Running 14.04.

[elect]

same with 17.04

[Zanna]

I don't have a numeric keypad, so I can't test your answer, but xkbset seems like a good solution here. It would be great if you could explain a little how to use xkbset and how you worked out these settings.

[davidvandebunte]

To partially understand the settings, read the man page for xkbset and: en.wikipedia.org/w/…

[garciparedes]

Awesome answer! In Ubuntu 20.10 the sliders are located on: "Settings" -> "Accessibility" -> "Repeat Keys".

[Toshik Langade]

This method works even for Windows. Thanks.