Failed to handle key `p`: Illegal argument: character must be non-negative
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Description
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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 v (/snap/code/119/usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:7:1267)
at new p (/snap/code/119/usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:94:13424)
at p.with (/snap/code/119/usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:94:14386)
at y.getCursorPosition (/home/paul/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.24.3/src/actions/commands/put.ts:403:27)
at y.j [as exec] (/home/paul/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.24.3/src/actions/commands/put.ts:64:36)
at y.execCount (/home/paul/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.24.3/src/actions/base.ts:215:42)
at I.actionToRecord [as runAction] (/home/paul/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.24.3/src/mode/modeHandler.ts:739:47)
at I.handledAsAction [as handleKeyAsAnAction] (/home/paul/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.24.3/src/mode/modeHandler.ts:688:43)
at I.text [as handleKeyEvent] (/home/paul/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.24.3/src/mode/modeHandler.ts:505:11)
at /home/paul/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.24.3/extensionBase.ts:359:73
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Research direction
Start at src/actions/commands/put.ts, especially getCursorPosition around line 403, then trace the p key through the put command and the stack-trace entry points in modeHandler.ts. Reproduce the reported error if possible 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
- 35/100