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ctrl-alt-\ is ignored in WSL #12555

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jeffchase opened this issue Feb 23, 2022 · 2 comments · Fixed by #16511
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ctrl-alt-\ is ignored in WSL #12555

jeffchase opened this issue Feb 23, 2022 · 2 comments · Fixed by #16511
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Area-Input Related to input processing (key presses, mouse, etc.) Area-VT Virtual Terminal sequence support Help Wanted We encourage anyone to jump in on these. In-PR This issue has a related PR Issue-Bug It either shouldn't be doing this or needs an investigation. Needs-Tag-Fix Doesn't match tag requirements Priority-2 A description (P2) Product-Conhost For issues in the Console codebase Product-Terminal The new Windows Terminal.
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Windows Terminal version

1.11.3471.0

Windows build number

10.0.19042.1526

Other Software

WSL Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

Emacs 27.1

Steps to reproduce

ncurses:

  1. Install ncurses-examples: sudo apt install ncurses-examples
  2. Run demo_altkeys: /usr/lib/ncurses/examples/demo_altkeys
  3. Type ctrl-alt-\

emacs:

  1. Run emacs
  2. Type C-h k (describe-key)
  3. Type ctrl-alt-\

Expected Behavior

ncurses:
Something like: 0.259 Keycode ???, name ESC-^\

emacs:
Open a new window pane that says: C-M-\ runs the command indent-region

Actual Behavior

Nothing
@jeffchase jeffchase added the Issue-Bug It either shouldn't be doing this or needs an investigation. label Feb 23, 2022
@ghost ghost added Needs-Triage It's a new issue that the core contributor team needs to triage at the next triage meeting Needs-Tag-Fix Doesn't match tag requirements labels Feb 23, 2022
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I filed microsoft/WSL#8069 with WSL and was told to file here.

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Huh. Well, I thought this might be related to #3483, but maybe not. You might be able to work around this by binding ctrl+alt+\ to a sendInput action for \x1b\x1c temporarily, while we work on a fix.

@zadjii-msft zadjii-msft added Area-Input Related to input processing (key presses, mouse, etc.) Area-VT Virtual Terminal sequence support Priority-2 A description (P2) Product-Conhost For issues in the Console codebase Product-Terminal The new Windows Terminal. labels Feb 23, 2022
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@zadjii-msft zadjii-msft added this to the Terminal v1.14 milestone Feb 23, 2022
@zadjii-msft zadjii-msft removed the Needs-Triage It's a new issue that the core contributor team needs to triage at the next triage meeting label Feb 23, 2022
@zadjii-msft zadjii-msft added the Help Wanted We encourage anyone to jump in on these. label Mar 10, 2022
@zadjii-msft zadjii-msft modified the milestones: Terminal v1.14, 22H2 Mar 10, 2022
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