[Bug]: Selecting text in `tilde` editor doesn't work properly

[IsaacOscar]

Problem description

I'm not sure if this is a problem with tilde itself, but it only happens when using the Termux emulator, and not when using a different terminal and sshing.

Steps to reproduce the behavior.

Open tilde, and write some text. Then select it, e.g.

If you then press backspace, it deletes the text where your cursor was prior to selecting (in this case the 'd' at the end):

Note that double-tapping a word and then pressing backspace does delete the word as expected.

What is the expected behavior?

I expect it to behave the same as when I ssh to my phone from my Desktop (Using Windows Terminal). After dragging my mouse to select some text:

And then pressing delete, the selected text gets deleted:

System information

Termux Variables: TERMUX_API_VERSION=0.52.0 TERMUX_APK_RELEASE=F_DROID TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_MANAGER=apt TERMUX_APP_PID=17716 TERMUX_APP__DATA_DIR=/data/user/0/com.termux TERMUX_APP__LEGACY_DATA_DIR=/data/data/com.termux TERMUX_APP__SE_FILE_CONTEXT=u:object_r:app_data_file:s0:c92,c257,c512,c768 TERMUX_APP__SE_INFO=default:targetSdkVersion=28:complete TERMUX_IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD=0 TERMUX_MAIN_PACKAGE_FORMAT=debian TERMUX_VERSION=0.118.3 TERMUX__HOME=/data/data/com.termux/files/home TERMUX__PREFIX=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr TERMUX__ROOTFS_DIR=/data/data/com.termux/files TERMUX__SE_PROCESS_CONTEXT=u:r:untrusted_app_27:s0:c92,c257,c512,c768 TERMUX__USER_ID=0 Packages CPU architecture: aarch64 Subscribed repositories:

sources.list

deb https://mirrors.middlendian.com/termux/termux-main stable main

root-repo (sources.list.d/root.list)

deb https://mirrors.middlendian.com/termux/termux-root root stable

x11-repo (sources.list.d/x11.list)

deb https://mirrors.middlendian.com/termux/termux-x11 x11 main Updatable packages: All packages up to date termux-tools version: 1.45.0 Android version: 16 Kernel build information: Linux localhost 6.1.124-android14-11-g8d713f9e8e7b-ab13202960 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 12 13:40:07 UTC 2025 aarch64 Android Device manufacturer: Google Device model: Pixel 8a Supported ABIs: SUPPORTED_ABIS: arm64-v8a SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS: SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS: arm64-v8a LD Variables: LD_LIBRARY_PATH= LD_PRELOAD=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/libtermux-exec-ld-preload.so Installed termux plugins: com.termux.api versionCode:1001 com.termux.x11 versionCode:15 com.termux.styling versionCode:1000