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Adding a file when I've alrady typed some text

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#154 opened on Jul 3, 2025

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Description

Describe the bug The command in the transient menu to /add some-file adds that text to the chat and executes it.

However, if I'm in the middle of typing someting already, the /add is just put at the end of the existing text and then my incomplete instruction is executed.

It would make sense to temporarily remove the current text, run the /add some-file command and then restore the text.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  • Start session
  • Enter some half finished instructions
  • Go to another file, and use the transient menu to add it
  • The half finished and now incomplete instructions are executed

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Research direction
Examine the transient menu definition for the `/add` command and modify it to temporarily store the current input text before executing the command, then restore it after.
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Emacs Lisp
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