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erkyrath
Escape key works inconsistently between Safari and Chrome
Noted in this thread: https://intfiction.org/t/release-along-with-parchment-interpreter/61411/20
Testing in https://eblong.com/zarf/glulx/quixe/quixe/play-remote.html?story=stories/Advent.ulx.js : If the input focus is off the input line, hitting a normal key (e.g. space bar) refocuses and enters the key. Does escape do the same? Yes in Safari, no in Chrome.
Same problem with the delete key, now that I check.
This becomes noticeable in keystroke input. (Type HELP for example.) Hitting escape should quit the help menu, but this breaks in Chrome if the input focus has come loose. It's a little shaky even in Safari, where you may have to hit escape twice.
GlkOte only has a keypress document handler, so it's not going to be able to detect non-character keys!
Also, after focusing you may have to retrigger keydown events. Here's how I did it in AsyncGlk: https://github.com/curiousdannii/asyncglk/blob/073f4c49218e13b71ee19f8729a6dd81ee76c23d/src/glkote/web/windows.ts#L787
