microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Local Echo: Predict the display of remote characters
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Description
Description of the new feature/enhancement
Predict characters that will be displayed in the terminal without having to wait for the shell. This is done in the 1.51 release of Visual Studio Code and is explained in detail on its release notes: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_51#_local-echo
As explained in the Visual Studio Code release notes, this will be particularly useful when working over an ssh connection.
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- 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 reading the Visual Studio Code 1.51 Local Echo release notes linked in the issue and compare their behavior with this terminal's SSH use case. The issue names no files, tests, or entry points, so the implementation scope and validation plan still need to be established; done means predicting displayed remote characters without waiting for the shell.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100