`ask_user` tool should allow Ctrl-G to support long freeform answers
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Descripción
### Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve
To support multi-paragraph long freeform answers, allow the user to compose a response to the `ask_user` tool in their $EDITOR
### Proposed solution
When describing situations to Copilot CLI, it is often helpful to provide additional context and information.
Currently, if an `ask_user` is going in the wrong direction, the user can either type in the freeform answer spot, which works poorly if more than few lines, for example, #3722, or the user can Ctrl-C to kill the `ask_user` tool, then hit Ctrl-C a second time to stop Copilot from continuing, and then finally type Ctrl-G to enter into $EDITOR to compose the desired response to the `ask_user`.
Additionally, since the user had to leave the `ask_user` tool with Ctrl-C, if the user later decides they want to respond to the `ask_user` tool with a non-freeform answer, the option is gone since the tool is no longer running.
The user experience would be improved if Ctrl-G were allowed _during_ an `ask_user` tool call.
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Línea de trabajo
Start at the ask_user tool's input handling and inspect the existing Ctrl-G and $EDITOR flow in Copilot CLI. Confirm that Ctrl-G opens the editor during an active ask_user call, while non-freeform response options remain available afterward; add or run the relevant interaction tests if present.
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Evaluación
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- cli
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- 3/5
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- 1-2 días
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- Claridad
- Bastante claro
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- 55/100