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use the alternate screen buffer #453
Description
Summary
should the cli use the alternate screen buffer? there's a bunch of quirks that this could solve
Expected Behavior
open the editor while the model is reasoning you should be able to type in your editor normally while the agent keeps working in the background
Actual Behavior
open the editor while the model is reasoning it messes everything up
Steps to reproduce the issue
- set EDITOR to nvim
- prompt the agent
- wait for it to start reasoning
- hit ctrl+g
Command Code Version
0.30.1
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/IDE
ghostty
Shell
zsh
Additional context
No response
Activity
smujaddid commentedon Jun 19, 2026
Up!
I experienced the same in Ubuntu 24.04. Using both Wezterm and Ubuntu 24.04 default terminal, with zsh. Opening any terminal editor (nano, nvim, helix) when trying to edit a skill, via
/skillsand selecting a skill, and presstab, it messes everything up. I was trying to type a command for the editor or typing something in the editor, but the cmd also received the same text I typed and the cmd will send it to the agent and start working, and both the cmd and the editor buffers were mixed up and I couldn't see what is the actual output.Then I tried Claude Code to see if my terminal (wezterm or default) were the problem, but it was fine. Claude Code can forward to the editor (via
/memorycommand) and get back to the Claude Code session without messing the session.I'm using CommandCode version 0.39.2 in Ubuntu 24.04
ahmadawais commentedon Jun 19, 2026
Not sure why we need to do alt screen. It will create a bunch of problems. Search won't work, scroll will be a mess. The native primary screen is much better at all this. We have a major rendering engine rewrite landing soon.
smujaddid commentedon Jun 22, 2026
Can't wait for the new engine 🚀