feat(search): process [C-h] and [C-?] as representations of backspace #1857
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In the conventional terminal protocol, Backspace can be transmitted as the code \x08 or \x7F depending on the terminal. Ctrl+Backspace can also be transmitted as the code \x08 or \x7F. These overlap with the code for Ctrl+H and Ctrl+?. The crossterm library does not try to handle these terminal dependencies (probably because it is hard to resolve it perfectly). To provide a consistent experience among terminals, we assign to C-h and C-? the same feature as backspace. Note: The crossterm seems to produce Ctrl+Backspace only in the extended keyboard protocol, so we can trust crossterm particularly for Ctrl+Backspace. For this reason, we keep the feature of removing a backward word by Ctrl+Backspace. atuinsh#1753
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Fixes #1753
As discussed in #1753, I think this should ideally be fixed in
crossterm, but there are general limitations by the terminal protocols and the support by the terminals in the market. I here instead suggest solving this at Atuin's side. The description is found in the commit message and also in a code comment.Checks