bug: Install breaks keyboard shortcuts
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bug
priority: high
triage: needs-decision
- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
When running the app from CLI, it injects keyboard shortcuts that break typing in OTHER apps.
Took me like 20 mins to figure out, never seen that before?
Why the FUCK is this a thing... you should really ask before rebinding peoples keybords, not cool bud.
❯ jcode setup-hotkey
jcode setup-hotkey
✓ jcode launch hotkeys already up to date in your MATE config.
Press these anywhere, system-wide:
Super+; → home (/home/USER)
Super+' → last project (/home/USER/.config/jcode)
Super+Shift+' → self-dev (/home/USER) [self-dev]
✓ Added launch-shortcut reminders to Claude Code and Codex CLI.
Uses native SessionStart hooks; no prompts or commands are read.
Codex will ask you to review and trust the user hook once via /hooks.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the jcode setup-hotkey entry point and reproduce the behavior from the issue. Trace where the MATE system-wide shortcuts are installed, then determine how confirmation should work before changing them. Done means running the command no longer changes keyboard shortcuts without user approval, with the existing shortcut behavior preserved after approval.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100