""""polish"""" the external editor

clients/urwid/main.py

@@ -1262,14 +1262,10 @@ class ExternalEditor(urwid.Terminal):
         command = ["bash", "-c", "{} {}; echo Press any key to kill this window...".format(
             app.prefs["editor"], self.path)]
         super(ExternalEditor, self).__init__(command, env, app.loop, "f1")
+        urwid.connect_signal(self, "closed", self.exterminate)
 
 
-    def keypress(self, size, key):
+    def exterminate(self, *_):
-        if key.lower() == "ctrl l":
-            # always do this, and also pass it to the terminal
-            wipe_screen()
-
-        if self.terminated:
         app.close_editor()
         with open(self.path) as _:
             body = _.read().strip()
@@ -1282,6 +1278,25 @@ class ExternalEditor(urwid.Terminal):
         else:
             return app.temp_footer_message("EMPTY POST DISCARDED")
 
+
+    def keypress(self, size, key):
+        if key in ["down", "up", "left", "right"]:
+            # HACK HACK HACK HACK: something somewhere is capturing some keys within
+            # the parent keypress method until some other keys are pressed. So when
+            # this widget was spawned, it would ignore arrow keys, C-n/C-p, pager keys,
+            # but when some _OTHER_ keys were pressed, this lock was released. Weird shit.
+            # instead of figuring out why lets just //TAKE_THE_REIGNS// #YOLO
+            if self.term_modes.keys_decckm and key in urwid.vterm.KEY_TRANSLATIONS_DECCKM:
+                key = urwid.vterm.KEY_TRANSLATIONS_DECCKM.get(key)
+            else:
+                key = urwid.vterm.KEY_TRANSLATIONS.get(key, key)
+            key = key.encode('ascii')
+            return os.write(self.master, key)
+
+        elif key.lower() == "ctrl l":
+            # always do this, and also pass it to the terminal
+            wipe_screen()
+
         elif key not in ["f1", "f2", "f3"]:
             return super(ExternalEditor, self).keypress(size, key)