Keyboard shortcuts for R assignment operators and pipe do not always work in reticulate `.qmd`

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python, r, typescript
Domain
developer-experience, tooling

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in a blank .qmd document with three Python code chunks followed by an R chunk, then compare shortcut handling in the mixed-cell editor. The work is done when Alt + - and Ctrl + Shift + M behave normally in the R cell regardless of the preceding Python chunks.

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Description

area: quarto

System details:

Positron and OS details:

Positron Version: 2025.04.0 (system setup) build 173
Code - OSS Version: 1.97.0
Commit: a66eb310f218298f263a98c9f06268d93bab6b2c
Date: 2025-03-24T02:57:55.373Z
Electron: 32.2.7
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26120

Interpreter details:

Describe the issue:

The keyboard shortcuts Alt + - and Ctrl + Shift + M does not work in R cell if there are 3 python cells above

Steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Create a blank .qmd file
  2. Add 3 python code chunks then a R code chunk. Try to use keyboard shortcut here

```{python}
a = 1
```

```{python}
b = 2
```

```{python}
c = 3
```

```{r}
x
```

Expected or desired behavior:

Work normally

Were there any error messages in the UI, Output panel, or Developer Tools console?

N/A

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