In VS Code with Vim keybindings, you can press and hold a key to repeat it. For instance, holding j to navigate downward.
This is enabled by running:
defaults write com.microsoft.VSCode ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
I want the same feature in Obsidian. I tried running this:
defaults obsidian ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
But no luck. It would be awesome to enable this, and eventually add it to the settings
YES!!! I just made a comment on this in some other post. I actually didn’t know that this was not default vim behavior. I may have put something in my .vimrc so long ago that I don’t even remember 
But this would be SUPER awesome!
I wish I had key repeat in vim mode as well. In contrast to writing code, there’re a lot less declarative structure to how sentences and paragraphs are shaped. So I end up relying on moving between words and sentences a lot more. And key repeat would make these actions a lot faster (and intuitive).
Did anyone ever come up with a solution to this?
I don’t know how my solution will affect other applications, but this command works pretty well for me:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
While this is a solution, it affects the whole system, and now you can’t press and select special characters anywhere else anymore.
An obsidian based toggle (as in OP) would be really the best
I finally found how to do it! This will only affect Obsidian and not the whole system, just as stated in OP. Try this:
defaults write md.obsidian ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
Where would this go?
Holy shit it worked! I just ran this in the terminal. That wasn’t clear to me before. Thanks!
I had to restart Obsidian though after entering the command in the terminal. Adding all this detail here for the next soul that lurks around in this thread looking for a solution 