Opened 7 years ago

Closed 3 months ago

#5835 closed defect (implemented)

getstr() doesn't support the delete key

Reported by: atagar Owned by: atagar
Priority: Low Milestone:
Component: Core Tor/Nyx Version:
Severity: Normal Keywords: curses
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Description

Curses getstr prompts are dumb, and we need to teach it how to be a sane text editor. Arm's TextInputValidator class [1] supports the left/right arrows, home, end, and esc keys. We should add support there for the delete key too.

This should be easy...

  • add a line here to log keycodes
  • run arm, navigate to the interpretor panel, hit the delete key
  • see in the log what the keycode is
  • add a handler for that keycode to delete the next character

Another minor bug is that hitting backspace when at the start of the line deletes the first character.

[1] ​https://gitweb.torproject.org/arm.git/blob/HEAD:/src/util/textInput.py#l12

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Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed 3 years ago by atagar

Keywords: curses added
Severity: → Normal
Summary: Arm getstr prompt doesn't support delete → getstr() doesn't support the delete key

comment:2 Changed 3 months ago by atagar

Resolution: → implemented
Status: new → closed

Done: ​https://gitweb.torproject.org/nyx.git/commit/?id=321eb30eb1f38eb16b94ead67ad21cf5e3930a48

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