One annoying change in Lion was the disabling of key repeating because it has been replaced with an accent selection menu. It is easy to change back to the standard functionality of holding down a key.
Run this in your terminal and log out and in (or restart).
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
I think you’re the only other person on the internet besides me that felt this way. Thank you so much for your script.
Hmmm…. did you try holding the space bar while jolding the key you wish to repeat?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4896