Emoji breaks cursor position and blocks backspace
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Description
In WSL, pasting the 'family' emoji via the Emoji Picker (Win+'.') misplaces the cursor position and blocks backspace.
Repro:
1. Run WSL profile in Windows Terminal
2. Run `edit`
3. Press Win+'.' for Emoji Picker
4. Paste the 'family: man, woman, girl, boy' emoji and press Esc
5. Check the cursor position and whether the backspace is working
Tested on Win11 and Win10.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in a WSL profile in Windows Terminal by running `edit` and pasting the family emoji through the Windows Emoji Picker. Verify the cursor position and backspace behavior before and after the fix; done means the cursor remains correct and backspace works normally.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100