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Emoji causes quote to be stuck on screen when scrolling
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Description
Description of the problem or steps to reproduce
foo = '↕️ '
- Open a blank file in micro
- Paste the line with the emoji, with empty lines above and below
- Move the cursor 2 lines above or below the emoji
- Scroll up and down
You will get something like this, where the last ' "sticks" on the screen as you scroll:
Specifications
Commit hash: 04c57704
OS: macOS Sonoma 15.5
Terminal: Ghostty
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in micro using the provided emoji, blank lines, cursor movement, scrolling steps, and macOS/Ghostty specifications. Trace the terminal rendering and scrolling behavior around the emoji, then verify that the quote no longer remains stuck on screen while scrolling.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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