Toggle and Auto-Walking in Games

[TaiRakasha]

so, i set my Ideazon Fang Gamepad "w" key to toggle(KEY_W)

testing in a text editor, i hit the key, and w's shot across the screen at an incredible rate. (faster than me actually holding the key down!)

but when i went to use it in a game (second life), it did not cause me to walk smoothly. instead, it kinda stuttered and didn't actually move me very much at all. when using it with a vehicle, the vehicle didn't even move.

i thought... okay, it's sending these "w"s one after the other, and maybe that's not the best key to use for smooth constant input. so i changed the "w" key to toggle(KEY_UP) which is the cursor key for walking forward. but it behaved the same.

so what is going on here? is it possible that the toggle macro command doesn't actually toggle the key-down and key-up state? but is fudging it by tapping the key as fast as possible?

and is there anything that can be done? i was really looking forward to being able to race again, or even just drive vehicles, without having to hold keys for minutes at a time.