micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
Very Slow Mouse Selection
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Description
Description of the problem or steps to reproduce
When attempting to select content with the mouse there is a large delay (multiple seconds) between the mouse select action and the content actually getting selected in micro. This only became an issue recently
Specifications
Commit hash: de35d00
OS: arch linux
Terminal: foot, alacritty, probably others
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Research direction
Reproduce the delay using commit de35d00 on Arch Linux with foot and alacritty, comparing mouse selection behavior in micro. Trace the selection path to identify why selection takes multiple seconds, then verify that content is selected without a noticeable delay across the reported terminals.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100