Index: demo/src/main/java/org/jline/demo/Repl.java
IDEA additional info:
Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP
<+>UTF-8
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diff --git a/demo/src/main/java/org/jline/demo/Repl.java b/demo/src/main/java/org/jline/demo/Repl.java
--- a/demo/src/main/java/org/jline/demo/Repl.java	(revision 19c031c0bccaeea6a4346bc82c04c7bd3ec18888)
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/org/jline/demo/Repl.java	(date 1710335582985)
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.jline.reader.LineReader.Option;
 import org.jline.reader.impl.DefaultParser;
 import org.jline.reader.impl.DefaultParser.Bracket;
-import org.jline.reader.impl.LineReaderImpl;
 import org.jline.reader.impl.completer.ArgumentCompleter;
 import org.jline.reader.impl.completer.NullCompleter;
 import org.jline.reader.impl.completer.StringsCompleter;
@@ -121,14 +120,23 @@
             };
             try {
                 parseOptions(usage, input.args());
-                terminal().writer().write("Input the key event(Enter to complete): ");
+                terminal().writer().write("Input the first event: ");
                 terminal().writer().flush();
                 StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-                while (true) {
-                    int c = ((LineReaderImpl) reader).readCharacter();
-                    if (c == 10 || c == 13) break;
-                    sb.append(new String(Character.toChars(c)));
-                }
+
+                // using reader works
+                // sb.append(((LineReaderImpl) reader).readLine());
+
+                sb.append(System.console().readLine());
+
+                terminal().writer().write("Input the second event (here the first character is lost): ");
+                terminal().writer().flush();
+
+                // using reader works
+                // sb.append(((LineReaderImpl) reader).readLine());
+
+                sb.append(System.console().readLine());
+
                 terminal().writer().println(KeyMap.display(sb.toString()));
                 terminal().writer().flush();
             } catch (Exception e) {