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Shift+symbol keys leak escape bytes in CLI terminal

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114828 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #114828. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and fixes concern Shift+symbol key combinations emitting raw ANSI escape sequences (e.g. ESC[27;2;…~) instead of the expected characters under modifyOtherKeys=2. The work involves mapping these keys correctly to prevent escape leaks in the CLI.

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  • #114828 fix(cli): Shift+symbol keys type their character under modifyOtherKeys=2 instead of leaking ESC[27;2;…~ (#114242, #102683, salvage #112526)

    merged to main

    files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/pt_input_extras.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_modify_other_keys_aliases.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #112526 fix(cli): map Shift+symbol keys under modifyOtherKeys=2 to prevent escape leaks · merged via another change → 119e306, #114828, #114242, #102683, #112526
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#102683CLI: ANSI_SEQUENCES single-character mappings never insert the character — Shift+letter / Shift+symbol keys leak raw escape bytes (e.g. ESC[27;2;95~ instead of "_")
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  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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1 PR closed without merging
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18 Sep 2026

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