how to set key repeat delay?

[Lesommeil]

Sorry for the simple question.
I want to set a short time delay (like 0.2 s) on keyRepeat, but I found the wiki it was removed, and I couldn't locate a substitute.

[darkfrei]

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timer = 0
timerDefault = 0.2

function love.update (dt)
	timer = timer + dt
	if timer > timerDefault then
		timer = timer - timerDefault 
		-- other code for running every 0.2 seconds.
	end
end

or

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timer = 0
timerDefault = 0.2

function love.update (dt)
	local keypressed_down  = love.keyboard.isScancodeDown('down')
	if keypressed_down  then
		timer = timer + dt
		if timer > timerDefault then
			timer = timer - timerDefault 
			-- other code for running every 0.2 seconds.
		end
	else -- key not pressed
		timer = 0
	end
end

[pgimeno]

It's a bit more involved than that.

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-- Configuration area
local repeat_delay = 0.3    -- Delay until repeat starts
local repeat_period = 0.05  -- Time between repetitions once repeat starts

local use_scancode = true    -- Whether to use the key's scancode

-- Our timers
local timer_delay = -1
local timer_period = -1

local s = ""

-- Use this in place of love.keypressed:
local function key_event(key)
  -- example code: exit with escape; add the key to a string
  if key == "escape" then return love.event.quit() end
  s = s .. " " .. key
end

-- Keys that must not be autorepeated
local norepeat = {
  lshift = true, lctrl = true, lalt = true, numlock = true,
  rshift = true, rctrl = true, ralt = true, capslock = true,
}

function love.keypressed(key, scancode)
  if use_scancode then -- set to false to stop using scancodes
    key = scancode
  end
  -- Autorepeat only if not in norepeat
  if not norepeat[key] then
    lastkey = key
    timer_delay = repeat_delay
    timer_period = -1
    key_event(key)
  end
end

function love.keyreleased(key, scancode)
  if use_scancode then
    key = scancode
  end
  if key == lastkey then
    timer_delay = -1
    timer_period = -1
  end
end

function love.update(dt)
  if timer_delay >= 0 then
    timer_delay = timer_delay - dt
    if timer_delay < 0 then
      key_event(lastkey)
      timer_period = repeat_period + timer_delay
      while timer_period < 0 do
        key_event(lastkey)
        timer_period = timer_period + repeat_period
      end
    end
  elseif timer_period >= 0 then
    timer_period = timer_period - dt
    while timer_period < 0 do
      key_event(lastkey)
      timer_period = timer_period + repeat_period
    end
  end
end

-- Example love.draw: print the string
function love.draw()
  love.graphics.printf(s, 0, 0, love.graphics.getWidth())
end

[zorg]

The "substitute" is in your OS' settings, since that's what löve now uses.
However, if that's unsuitable for your needs, you can ignore that keyrepeat, and use the method pgimeno gave above.

[Lesommeil]

Thank you all for the response, it's working. and really nice code!