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Enable Keyboard Key Repeat on Mac

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On a Mac, when you press and hold a specific key for a while, a special character input window like umlauts may appear. This can be quite disruptive when using editors like Vim for code navigation.

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

After running the above command and restarting the application, the special character input window, such as umlauts, will no longer appear and key repetition will be enabled.