warpdotdev / warpdotdev/warp

Smart ctrl+c | copy text or kill process

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area:terminal-input enhancement triaged
Dominant language
Rust
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Describe the solution you'd like?

If you have some text selected CTRL+C will copy if not it will kill running process

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

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Warp Internal (ignore) - linear-label:39cc6478-1249-4ee7-950b-c428edfeecd1

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Research direction

Start by locating Warp's terminal input handling for Ctrl+C and its text-selection copy behavior. Verify how the current keypress is routed when text is selected versus when a process is running, then define completion as copying selected text while preserving process termination when nothing is selected. Add or update coverage for both cases if the relevant test entry point is found.

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Assessment

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

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