Add Allow Key-Repeating With Cursor as a Workflow TIL

workflow/allow-key-repeating-with-cursor.md

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+# Allow Key-Repeating With Cursor
+
+I recently installed the Vim extension for Cursor. This is the same extension
+for VSCode since Cursor is built on VSCode. A lot of the expected Vim behavior
+was working. However there was one glaring point of friction.
+
+I often hold down keys like `k` and `j` to go up and down several lines when
+I'm absent-mindedly scrolling around. This wasn't working with the Vim mode
+extension. I'd hold `j` down and the cursor would move down a single line and then
+stop.
+
+The first thing the Vim extension tells you to do is run a command to enable
+key-repeating. These instructions are specific to VSCode:
+
+```bash
+$ defaults write com.microsoft.VSCode ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
+```
+
+That won't work for cursor which is a separate application with a distinct
+`CFBundleIdentifier`. You can check the current identifier in Cursor's
+`Info.plist` file to be sure, but it should be `com.todesktop.230313mzl4w4u92`.
+
+Run this to target Cursor:
+
+```bash
+$ defaults write com.todesktop.230313mzl4w4u92 ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
+```
+
+Then restart Cursor.
+
+Now key-repeating in Vim mode should be working.
+
+[source](https://github.com/getcursor/cursor/issues/777#issuecomment-1690996370)