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Cannot use backspace when entering new quest

Open pfr-dev opened this issue 4 years ago • 5 comments

when typing in a new quest the backspace key seems to be bound to the letter h and therefore backspace does not work.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. open quest-tui
  2. press n key for new quest
  3. start typing and then try to delete using backspace
  4. See error

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: NetBSD 9.1_STABLE
  • Terminal emulator: xterm
  • Shell: ksh

Additional context That's it. But While I'm at it, the blinking menu is pretty annoying... why does it blink?

pfr-dev avatar Apr 07 '21 05:04 pfr-dev

Hello,

I have done some investigation, it seems that the program thinks you are inputing a CTRL + BACKSPACE somehow. Maybe it is your shell or terminal that does that, it seems that this is related to an issue with crossterm here. I'm going to write a quick fix, could you please tell me if you are able/willing to compile a test version of Quest to help me investigate this issue.

Have a great day,

SDA

SDAChess avatar Apr 07 '21 22:04 SDAChess

please tell me if you are able/willing to compile a test version of Quest to help me investigate this issue.

Absolutely. Just give me some basic instructions to follow and I will do my best :)

pfr-dev avatar Apr 09 '21 00:04 pfr-dev

For the moment, could you change the delete keybinding? maybe it would solve the problem with deleting. As @SDAChess mentioned, it seems the issue is related to crossterm. Also, it would be helpful if you could try Quest with other terminals/shells to narrow down the problem and paste the exact error since currently, I'm unable to provide the mentioned setup to reproduce the error.

frustak avatar Apr 09 '21 07:04 frustak

Also, it would be helpful if you could try Quest with other terminals/shells to narrow down the problem and paste the exact error since currently, I'm unable to provide the mentioned setup to reproduce the error.

Still in a ksh shell I get these results in the following terminals: xst/st - backspace works as expected, menu blinks kitty - all good, backspace works and no menu blinking.

I will try later tonight on another machine running linux with zsh and Alacritty

pfr-dev avatar Apr 10 '21 07:04 pfr-dev

No issues on Alacritty in a zsh shell.

Although it is setting a background colour which overrides my terminal transparency settings... :confused:

pfr-dev avatar Apr 11 '21 03:04 pfr-dev