prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit

Increasing font size generate another prompt

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Description

In both ipython and radian, two software that use prompt-toolkit, increasing hte font size of the terminal generate another prompt.

radian's author sustain it's a prompt-toolkit expected behavior.

See https://github.com/randy3k/radian/issues/458.

Could it be fixed?

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the extra-prompt behavior in IPython or radian while increasing the terminal font size. Read the linked radian issue for context and trace the prompt-toolkit terminal handling involved; done means resizing no longer generates an unintended additional prompt in both reported clients.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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