Holding Esc key causes vt-sequences to leak
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Description
Repro:
- Press and hold Esc
- Perform any action that generates a vt-sequence, e.g.:
- Scroll mouse wheel
- Press F1/../F12/ArrowKeys/Home/End etc.
Tested terminals:
- GNOME Terminal (Ubuntu 24.04)
- Windows Terminal (wsl/win32)
- conhost.exe
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in GNOME Terminal, Windows Terminal, or conhost.exe while holding Esc, then trace the terminal input handling for mouse-wheel, function-key, arrow-key, Home, and End sequences. Done means those vt-sequences no longer leak while Esc is held across the reported terminals.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100