As most people would by now realize with the key listener, is that in the keyPressed method, java registers one press of a key, then pauses for about half a second then records a steady stream of you pressing the key.
My problem is that I would like java to immediately register a steady stream keyDown events as soon as a key is pressed down.
I have read many articles on this problem and many of them speak of the swing timers, of which I am also in the dark about.
To make the following piece of code nicer and easier to look at, I just trimmed out the fat and put the key listener into a separate class!
Any input on this would be greatly appreciated!

```
public class Keyer implements KeyListener
{

    Keyer(){}
    @Override
    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent ovent)
    {
        int keyCode = ovent.getKeyCode();
        System.out.println("You pressed: "+keyCode);
    }
    @Override
    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent ovent)
    {

    }
    @Override
    public void keyTyped(KeyEvent ovent)
    {

    }
}

```