Double Quotation Character not working on Windows

[tahir-hassan]

Before I start, I just want to say that I am very impressed with your work.

Description of issue

On Windows, pressing double quotation key doesn't work. This is when I use it on the native Windows Python platform.

How to reproduce

I am following the tutorial (I am on the bit Understanding Rows) and when it asked me to type in OPERATOR == "BUSINESS" I realized that the double quote character did not work.

How I am installing Visidata

I am installing Visidata using the following steps:

• Install Python using Scoop using scoop install main/python
• Install Visidata using pip3 install visidata

What went wrong

It should write a double quotation character, however nothing happens (no double quotation character is inserted).

Additional context

Software	Version
Operating System	Windows 10 Enterprise
Python	3.12.2
Terminal	Wezterm, Windows Terminal

This works, however...

Pressing double quote key works if I install Visidata using MSYS2's Python.

Steps to reproduce working Visidata

• Install MSYS2 using Scoop using scoop install main/msys2.
• Within MSYS2/Mingw64...
  • install Python using pacman using pacman -S python
  • install Pip using pacman using pacman -S python-pip
  • Create a new venv for Visidata: cd ~; mkdir visidata; python -m venv ~/visidata
  • Install Visidata in the above venv: ~/visidata/bin/pip install visidata
  • Use ~/visidata/bin/visidata to open files.

I am using Wezterm in both instances (raw Python and MSYS2's Python).

Conclusion

I have also found that the mouse works in MSYS2's Visidata but not the other one. I think perhaps the documentation should just mention that it is a bad idea to install Visidata in the normal Python and just use MSYS2's Python instead.

[anjakefala]

Thanks for all your thorough investigation @tahir-hassan!

I have also found that the mouse works in MSYS2's Visidata but not the other one. I think perhaps the documentation should just mention that it is a bad idea to install Visidata in the normal Python and just use MSYS2's Python instead.

We have this line in the docs: https://www.visidata.org/install/#windows

Use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

I can definitely add a mention of MSYS2's Python, since you tested it.