microsoft / microsoft/terminal

COOKED_READ: Overwriting text with surrogate pairs replaces >1 grapheme

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Area-CookedRead Issue-Bug Needs-Tag-Fix Priority-3 Product-Conhost
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Description

Windows Terminal version

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Windows build number

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Other Software

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Steps to reproduce
  • Launch cmd.exe
  • Type "foo"
  • Navigate to the start
  • Disable insert mode
  • Type 🙂
Expected Behavior

🙂oo

Actual Behavior

🙂o

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in cmd.exe by typing the shown sequence with insert mode disabled, then trace the cooked-read handling for surrogate pairs and graphemes. Done means inserting 🙂 at the start of “foo” produces 🙂oo rather than 🙂o.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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