[v2] macOS Unicode input not working

[remmycat]

• I am on the 2.0.0 prerelease Hyper.app version

• I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

• OS version and name: macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

• Hyper.app version: 2.0.0

• The issue is reproducible in vanilla Hyper.app: yep

Issue

Since v2 the macOS systemwide unicode input is not working anymore. It is used to type emoji and all other kinds of symbols.
Reproduce:

1. Open the unicode input (ctrl-cmd-space or Edit -> "Emoji & Symbols" in the menu bar).
2. The input will open in the bottom left corner of the screen (rather than beyond the cursor where it should be)
3. Clicking on any symbol has no effect.

I guess this is because of the change from hterm to xterm.js. When you search for "mac input" in this repo you'll find a comment on macOS emojis in hterm.js that could be related.

[chabou]

Thank you for your feedback 🙏

[albinekb]

I got a plugin that you can use as a workaround: https://github.com/albinekb/hyper-emoji, cross platform

[marcofugaro]

In the latest v2 pressing ctrl-cmd-space has no effect still

[petarmihaylov]

This effect extends past emojis. Cyrillic and other Unicode characters are pasted as their raw symbols:

¼ is displayed as: <00c2><00bc>
µ is displayed as: <00c2><00b5>

I am using Hyper.js 2.1.0 with oh my zsh.

The Terminal app displays Unicode characters correctly.

[mbbroberg]

👋 Still a challenge. Please ping me if you have a proposed fix you want tested. I'm loving Hype and close to having it as my default terminal, but I like emojis too much to skip out on this one 😄