Cannot execute multiple keyboard shortcuts with the control key held down

[TheMejmun]

It seems that I have to release the Control key after Ctrl+S, before being able to use another Ctrl+Key shortcut. This seems to happen only if the first command is Ctrl+S, but regardless of what command comes after.

Observed behavior:

Pressing Ctrl+S, then Ctrl+Q saves the file, then writes a q at the cursor position, if the Control key is not released between both commands.

Expected behavior:

Pressing Ctrl+S, then Ctrl+Q should save then exit, regardless of whether the Control key was released or not.

[niten94]

What OS and terminal do you use? Is q entered in the command bar if you press Ctrl+E then Ctrl+Q, as an example?

The Control key was detected (can be checked using > raw) when I tested with the terminal emulators below:

• st
• Termux - keys pressed using scrcpy when testing
• xterm
• Command Prompt (conhost.exe)
• Windows Terminal

I was also able to move the cursor between numbers in # 111 222 333. Ctrl+LeftArrow was detected, when I pressed the left arrow key after pressing Ctrl+RightArrow then only held down the Control key. The results were the same with the programs below (shells):

• busybox ash
• bash - uses readline like a lot of other programs

Pressing Ctrl+S, then Ctrl+Q should save then exit, regardless of whether the Control key was released or not.

I do not think the Control key should be detected when released. I think text is usually expeced to be entered when no modifier keys are pressed down.