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Ctrl-Backspace for Help
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Description
When using Micro on Gnome terminal, the status bar suggests that Ctrl-Backspace invokes help:
However, there are the relevant key combinations in bindings.json:
"Ctrl-Backspace": "",
"OldBackspace": "DeleteWordLeft",
"Ctrl-Delete": "DeleteWordRight",
"Ctrl-H": "ToggleHelp",
"Ctrl-h": "ToggleHelp"
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Research direction
Start by reviewing bindings.json and tracing how the Ctrl-Backspace binding is used for the status bar help hint. Confirm the intended key action and make the displayed hint agree with the configured binding, then verify the relevant terminal keybinding behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100