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Text cannot be deleted properly when using Microsoft Pinyin IME (and other CJK IMEs)

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with Microsoft Pinyin in edit running under wt or conhost, following the listed steps. Trace the input and deletion handling for IME composition, then verify that emptying the input buffer does not leave the first subsequently entered character in the content.

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Description

When I use the Simplified Chinese Microsoft Pinyin IME with Microsoft Edit 1.2.1 on Windows Server Insider Preview build 26525, after I empty the input buffer, the first character I input is left in the content.

Repro:

  1. Enable Microsoft Pinyin input method.
  2. Run an instance of edit (wt or conhost).
  3. Enter some letters in Kanji mode and delete them.
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