Failed to handle key `p`: Illegal argument: character must be non-negative
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VSCodeVim version: 1.24.3
Stack trace
Error: Failed to handle key `p`: Illegal argument: character must be non-negative
at P (c:\Users\user\Desktop\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:7:1129)
at new b (c:\Users\user\Desktop\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:92:13857)
at b.with (c:\Users\user\Desktop\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:92:14819)
at y.getCursorPosition (c:\Users\user\.vscode\extensions\vscodevim.vim-1.24.3\src\actions\commands\put.ts:403:27)
at y.exec (c:\Users\user\.vscode\extensions\vscodevim.vim-1.24.3\src\actions\commands\put.ts:64:36)
at process.j (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
at y.execCount (c:\Users\user\.vscode\extensions\vscodevim.vim-1.24.3\src\actions\base.ts:215:42)
at I.actionToRecord [as runAction] (c:\Users\user\.vscode\extensions\vscodevim.vim-1.24.3\src\mode\modeHandler.ts:739:47)
at I.handledAsAction [as handleKeyAsAnAction] (c:\Users\user\.vscode\extensions\vscodevim.vim-1.24.3\src\mode\modeHandler.ts:688:43)
at I.text [as handleKeyEvent] (c:\Users\user\.vscode\extensions\vscodevim.vim-1.24.3\src\mode\modeHandler.ts:505:11)
at c:\Users\user\.vscode\extensions\vscodevim.vim-1.24.3\extensionBase.ts:359:73
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Research direction
Start by examining src/actions/commands/put.ts, especially getCursorPosition and exec, using the provided stack trace to locate the failure while handling the p key. Reproduce the reported error in VSCodeVim 1.24.3 and verify that handling p no longer raises the non-negative-character exception.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100