autorepeat

I'm using a Delphi TActionList, with Shortcut Keys for some actions. I want to prevent certain actions from being triggered multiple times by keyboard auto-repeat, but I do not want to affect auto-repeat operation globally. What's the best way of doing this? Clarification : I still need to handle multiple fast keypresses - it's only the keypresses generated by auto-repeat that I want to ignore. Intercept the WM_KEYDOWN messages, and look at bit 30 to see if it is auto-repeating. If it is, just don't pass on the message as usual and it will not be seen. You may need to enable form key-preview

(Edited for clarity) I want to detect when a user presses and releases a key in Java Swing, ignoring the keyboard auto repeat feature. I also would like a pure Java approach the works on Linux, Mac OS and Windows. Requirements: When the user presses some key I want to know what key is that; When the user releases some key, I want to know what key is that; I want to ignore the system auto repeat options: I want to receive just one keypress event for each key press and just one key release event for each key release; If possible, I would use items 1 to 3 to know if the user is holding more than