problem with xset

[JD]

On 05/17/2010 09:36 PM, Mike Oliver wrote:
> On 5/17/2010 9:15 PM, JD wrote:
>> xset r rate 2 255
>> belches out the error that Xlib does not have XFree86-Misc
>> for display 0:0
>> and my autorepeat gets set to 0 delay and probably maximum
>> repeat rate, so that I am not even able to type any command.
>> For example, doing an ls becomes:
>> $ lllllllllllllllllllllllllssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
>
> That sounds like it's working then.  So instead of asking for a 2ms
> pause before the autorepeat begins and 255 repeats per second
> (which is what you're doing now), play with the numbers to get
> closer to the behaviour you really want.
>
> You said you wanted a slow repeat, right?  Try 'xset r rate 1000 4',
> which should wait one second (1000ms) before beginning to repeat and
> should then repeat at a rate of 4 events per second.
>
> Mike.

Thank you Mike,
That did it. But the server still says:
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-Misc" missing on display ":0.0".

So why would the man page say the rate comes before the delay in the 
args list?
What a &*@#$@%#&$ man page!!!
Even --help specifies the args backwards.