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Cannot enter # in REPL on Macbook Pro w. UK keyboard

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in the Python editor REPL on a MacBook with a UK keyboard, testing Option+3 for '#' and Shift+3 for '£'. Trace the REPL's keyboard handling and consider the work complete when both characters can be typed directly rather than pasted.

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Description

On a Macbook Pro with UK keyboard, the '#' key is Alt+3 (or should I say, Option+3)

In the Python edtior REPL I can paste a '#' from somewhere else but I cannot type it. @microbit-giles confirms this is also true on his Macbook.

I also cannot type '£' which is shift+3

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