When trying to say "$\rightarrow$" it types this.
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Active
- Domain
- desktop
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in the GitHub Copilot app v1.1.19 on macOS 26.2.0 by entering "$\rightarrow$" in the /chat path. Trace the chat input and display behavior to determine where the literal is transformed, then verify that it produces the intended arrow rather than the reported output.
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Description
When trying to say "$\rightarrow$" it types this. Assuming its meant to be an arror
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| App version | 1.1.19 |
| OS | macOS 26.2.0 |
| Theme | Aurora |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Week 7 |
- Dominant language
- No language data
- Stars
- 2.1k
- Forks
- 157
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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