How to disable repeating keys

I need to accent some characters when typing in French.  According to what I read, repeat keys should no longer work in Mountain Lion, except for asterisks and dots etc.  In theory I should be able,  by holding down the letter on the keyboard, to get a pop-up panel of possible accents to use.  But I am getting repeat keys instead.   I have tried using Lion Tweaks to use the 'disable repeating keys' function and although I get the message that is has been done, it hasn't.  Can anyone help?

I can't explain why you are not getting the accents, but you can still use the key-chords to type accented characters.
Press Option (alt) + Accent key, release the keys, then press the letter. For example, press Option-i, then o to get ô.
If you have the input menu active, you can use the Keyboard Viewer to see the Accent keys. Open the viewer and press the Option key. The Orange highlighted keys will display the accents under them.

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