> From: Bob Fehrenbach

<Describes linear method to go faster the longer a button is held>

> The problem with this approach is that, even after juggling min_period,
> max_period and delta, I have never arrived at a combination that "felt
> good".  While I understand that this is a subjective call, I am
> curious how others handle this problem and what they though of their
> results.  It would seem that there is a better way.

Bob,

It may be that a linear ramp to a faster incrementing rate
just doesn't fit your expectations.  I ended up using
a log scheme for ramping the rate when I wrote some
8088 code that let the user scroll through *lots* of
text.  Users seemed to like that.

However, that sort of sillyness is out of the question
on a PIC if you are squeezed for clock cycles or space.

Perhaps you could double the rate every so often
to get somewhat the same effect, or maybe make
a small table of rates.

Cheers,

Win Wiencke
ImageLogic@ibm.net