Splitting terminal breaks navigation

[musjj]

Summary

In a kitty terminal, if you try to open a new window split, buffer navigation will no longer work. You can also see the line numbers being a little bugged out. For some reason, pressing <Esc> will make everything work again.

Reproduction Steps

I tried this:

1. hx <file>
2. :sh kitty @ launch (alternatively, :sh kitty @ launch --location hsplit)
3. Close the new window (<C-d>, etc.)

I expected this to happen: Everything works fine

Instead, this happened: Buffer navigation stops working

Helix log

My log file is empty.

Platform

Linux

Terminal Emulator

kitty 0.30.0

Helix Version

23.05-466-gbdf7937a

[CptPotato]

This is actually the command's stdout output (try :sh echo hi). After a quick search I didn't find a "silent" variant of :sh.

To elaborate, ctrl-u/ctrl-d doesn't work because it's used to scroll the popup window.

[musjj]

Oh wow you're right. The "weird line number" was actually the output of the command (a window ID). The solution for my particular case is to use kitty @ launch --no-response. But a silent version of :sh would definitely be helpful.

I'm going to open a new issue, but what's the right place for a feature request? There's an issue template for a feature request, but it seems that feature requests tend to be moved to discussions. A clearer policy would be helpful.

[CptPotato]

I'm going to open a new issue, but what's the right place for a feature request? There's an issue template for a feature request, but it seems that feature requests tend to be moved to discussions. A clearer policy would be helpful.

Feature requests in this repo are fine, though it's best to search before (silent :sh version PR is here #3247). I guess requests are sometimes converted to discussions when they don't quite align with the repo owner's vision (requiring further discussion about the feature or possible workarounds) or are already implemented.

[musjj]

Alright, thanks for the info, closing this issue for now.