windows terminal will send one more character when use vim view mode to select characters send to repl

[ZihaoXingUP]

windows terminal will send one more character when use vim view mode to select characters send to repl

[skyline75489]

OK a lot of things are missing. What repl are you using? Are you using PowerShell? Are you using WSL?

You can't expect us to help you with almost no useful information.

[ZihaoXingUP]

OK a lot of things are missing. What repl are you using? Are you using PowerShell? Are you using WSL?

You can't expect us to help you with almost no useful information.

i use vim-repl vim-repl, Nvim-R , both of them in windows terminal will send one more character in WSL vim environment. but when i use vim-repl or Nvim-R in xshell or linux system's terminal ,they are working fine and won't send one more character.
so , i think it's windows terminal's problem and need to be solved.

[skyline75489]

Can you attach a screenshot of something to illustrate this issue? Also, what is the terminal version you are using? And the Windows version?

[skyline75489]

Yeah there's probably a lot of hidden problems in Windows Terminal and we all want to solve them. We'd love to hear feedbacks from the community. Just we need like a lot of information to determine what exactly the problem is and possibly find a way to fix it. So please be sure to provide as much as information as you can when you submit issues on Github.

[ZihaoXingUP]

Yeah there's probably a lot of hidden problems in Windows Terminal and we all want to solve them. We'd love to hear feedbacks from the community. Just we need like a lot of information to determine what exactly the problem is and possibly find a way to fix it. So please be sure to provide as much as information as you can when you submit issues on Github.

i only select the 'a' in vim view mode ,but it sent the 'a=' in windows terminal preview 1.7.572.0 in windows 10 1909 for a long time of all version windows terminal i have used, but it will be ok in Xshell or linux terminal's vim .

[skyline75489]

OK I've tried the plugin (nice plugin, btw) but I can't repro this locally. I'm using WSL2 (Ubuntu 20.04) and Vim 8.1. Are you using WSL2?

[ZihaoXingUP]

i use the WSL1(Ubuntu20.04), but when i use windows terminal's cmd or wsl to connect the linux sever by ssh , it also will send one more character in vim view select mode.

[ZihaoXingUP]

OK I've tried the plugin (nice plugin, btw) but I can't repro this locally. I'm using WSL2 (Ubuntu 20.04) and Vim 8.1. Are you using WSL2?

i meet this problem in cmd , wsl of cmder's terminal or windows terminal. but in xshell or linux system's terminal, it work ok.

[ZihaoXingUP]

OK I've tried the plugin (nice plugin, btw) but I can't repro this locally. I'm using WSL2 (Ubuntu 20.04) and Vim 8.1. Are you using WSL2?

it will always send one more character and will report error unless there is a space after it in windows terminal,

[DHowett]

Can you send a screenshot from xshell?

This is a common problem people have with vim.

The character under the cursor is part of the visual selection. This is true on every terminal emulator.

Here is putty.

[ZihaoXingUP]

Can you send a screenshot from xshell?

This is a common problem people have with vim.

The character under the cursor is part of the visual selection. This is true on every terminal emulator.

Here is putty.

i send you the screenshot on xshell, it works very well and won't sent one more character ,it is the windows terminal's problem, you can also check it on xshell.

[DHowett]

How do you select a? Mouse? Keyboard?

If keyboard, what do you press? Please help me reproduce this issue 😄

[ZihaoXingUP]

How do you select a? Mouse? Keyboard?

If keyboard, what do you press? Please help me reproduce this issue 😄

i sleep last night when you reply me . now ,i just wake up. i use the keyboarkd and do not use the mouse in vim.
using vim-repl plugin, first , i press the 'v' in keyboard to start the visual vim mode, then, i press 'hjkl' to select the words or lines that i want to send , at last , i press the '+w' to send the words or lines i selected to run them in vim.
you can check more details on vim-repl or Nvim-R

[skyline75489]

OK this is what I got:

1. Enter visual mode:

Then +w will send a only

2. Press l

Then +w will send a=.

Is this what you seeing?

[ZihaoXingUP]

OK this is what I got:

1. Enter visual mode:

Then +w will send a only

1. Press l

Then +w will send a=.

Is this what you seeing?

yeah, the method is just like what you said, in windows terminal, if you select 'a', it will send 'a=' because it will send one more character in windows terminal, but in xshell, it will only send 'a', so, it can work well in Xshell.
so ,the windows terminal have this problem in vim-repl.

[skyline75489]

How about just do not press l? This way it only sends "a", right?

Seems to me entering visual mode will automatically select "a".

[ZihaoXingUP]

How about just do not press l? This way it only sends "a", right?

Seems to me entering visual mode will automatically select "a".

i just never press 'l' to select the right side character '=', i only select the 'a' character in the vim visual mode ,but it will send 'a=' in windows terminal,
for example, there is a 'year=5' code, ,in windows terminal, if you select "yea", it will send "year", if you select "year", it will send "year=", so , it will always send one more character in windows terminal automatically.

[skyline75489]

So you're saying if you repeat what I did, just press v, enter the visual mode, the terminal will send a=?

[ZihaoXingUP]

So you're saying if you repeat what I did, just press v, enter the visual mode, the terminal will send a=?

i repeat it, in windows terminal's vim , if you just press v, it will send a, if you also select a , it will send a=

year=5 ,if you select yea ,it will send year ,if you select year, it will send year=

[skyline75489]

OK, now I see. Listen to me very carefully:

if you just press v, it will send a

when you press v, it already selected a! That's why it sends a.

if you also select a , it will send a=

How do select a? Are you pressing l ? If you press l, it selects a=, that's why it sends a=. I know it looks like you're selecting only a. That's the point in #9530 (comment) . It's not exactly the same as what you see.

[ZihaoXingUP]

OK, now I see. Listen to me very carefully:

if you just press v, it will send a

when you press v, it already selected a! That's why it sends a.

if you also select a , it will send a=

How do select a? Are you pressing l ? If you press l, it selects a=, that's why it sends a=. I know it looks like you're selecting only a. That's the point in #9530 (comment) . It's not exactly the same as what you see.

i think you do not know it , a is too short, many times ,the variable is a long word ,you want to select the whole word to run it , ,year=5， if i select year and the cursor is year, it will send year= in windows terminal. if i can't select the whole word , i will feel very terrible every times

if i select year and the cursor is year, it will just send year in xshell, it works very well in xshell.

it is so terrible that if i want to send year, i only can select yea in windows terminal, rather than i can select the whole word year in xshell or linux terminal.

if you use the windows system ,i hope you can use xshell to run it , it works very well . in windows terminal ,it was really terrible and unfriendly, that you only can select yea, you can't select year

[ZihaoXingUP]

i hope you can use xshell to run it , it works very well . in windows terminal ,it was really terrible and unfriendly, that you only can select yea, you can't select year

OK, now I see. Listen to me very carefully:

if you just press v, it will send a

when you press v, it already selected a! That's why it sends a.

if you also select a , it will send a=

How do select a? Are you pressing l ? If you press l, it selects a=, that's why it sends a=. I know it looks like you're selecting only a. That's the point in #9530 (comment) . It's not exactly the same as what you see.

Do you know Xshell in windows systerm？ you can use xshell to run it , Xshell terminal can works very well . in windows terminal ,it was really terrible and unfriendly, that you only can select yea to run it, you can't select year

[skyline75489]

OK. Can you repeat what I did in #9530 (comment) and attach the screenshot? I'd like to see how it looks like.

[skyline75489]

Yeah I know XShell. We all know what it is. First, XShell is a commercial software that we can not just grab and use. Do understand the strict copyright restrictions in Microsoft about what we can use. Second, this isn't about how XShell behaves, this repo is about Windows Terminal. And we all want it to be better.

[ZihaoXingUP]

Yeah I know XShell. We all know what it is. First, XShell is a commercial software that we can not just grab and use. Do understand the strict copyright restrictions in Microsoft about what we can use. Second, this isn't about how XShell behaves, this repo is about Windows Terminal. And we all want it to be better.

in windows terminal

select yea

in the widnows terminal ,if i select yea, it will send year

select year

if i select year, it will send year= in windows terminal

In Xshell

slelect yea

if i select yea, it will send yea

select year

if i select year , it will send year

[skyline75489]

OK. I completely understand what you mean. I can think of two options.

1. Put these in your .vimrc:

let &t_SI = "\<Esc>[6 q"
let &t_SR = "\<Esc>[4 q"
let &t_EI = "\<Esc>[2 q"

See #4335 (comment) for details.

2. Put this in your terminal settings.json:

"cursorShape": "bar",

See here for details about the cursorShape option.

[ZihaoXingUP]

OK. I completely understand what you mean. I can think of two options.

1. Put these in your .vimrc:

let &t_SI = "\<Esc>[6 q"
let &t_SR = "\<Esc>[4 q"
let &t_EI = "\<Esc>[2 q"

See #4335 (comment) for details.

1. Put this in your terminal settings.json:

"cursorShape": "bar",

See here for details about the cursorShape option.

ok, i change the window terminal settings , thanks!

[skyline75489]

You're welcome.

Please try to understand & describe your problem before getting into discussions like this one. If you want us to help you, first you need to make sure we understand you. If you issue was "I want block cursor instead of bar cursor", this issue would've been solved yesterday, without 20+ emails sent to everyone subscribe this repo. Keep saying "the windows terminal have this problem in vim-repl" does NOT helps anyone.

Please understand that reading the issues and get involved in discussions takes time. We all want to help the community but time is valuable for everyone.

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[skyline75489]

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[ZihaoXingUP]

If the article feels too long, I've picked the most important section I can think of:

Don't rush to claim that you have found a bug

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