prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit
Resizing terminal window on OSX behaves weirdly
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- Python
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Description
Write a really long line so that line break kicks in, then take the corner of the window and wiggle it. The resizing is partially correct, but multiple errors when resizing accumulate. Lots of extra blank lines are created and other artifacts show up.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue on macOS with a long wrapped line, then repeatedly resize the terminal window as described. No file or test is named; done means resizing no longer accumulates blank lines or other rendering artifacts.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, python
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100