1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/lineedit.c b/libbb/lineedit.c
index c50b31d67..8e339da53 100644
--- a/libbb/lineedit.c
+++ b/libbb/lineedit.c
@@ -1700,18 +1700,34 @@ static int lineedit_read_key(char *read_key_buffer)
 #endif
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_ASSUME_UNICODE
-                {
+                if (unicode_status == UNICODE_ON) {
                         wchar_t wc;
 
                         if ((int32_t)ic < 0) /* KEYCODE_xxx */
                                 return ic;
+                        // TODO: imagine sequence like: 0xff, <left-arrow>: we are currently losing 0xff...
+
                         unicode_buf[unicode_idx++] = ic;
                         unicode_buf[unicode_idx] = '\0';
-                        if (mbstowcs(&wc, unicode_buf, 1) != 1 && unicode_idx < MB_CUR_MAX) {
-                                delay = 50;
-                                goto poll_again;
+                        if (mbstowcs(&wc, unicode_buf, 1) != 1) {
+                                /* Not (yet?) a valid unicode char */
+                                if (unicode_idx < MB_CUR_MAX) {
+                                        delay = 50;
+                                        goto poll_again;
+                                }
+                                /* Invalid sequence. Save all "bad bytes" except first */
+                                read_key_ungets(read_key_buffer, unicode_buf + 1, MB_CUR_MAX - 1);
+                                /*
+                                 * ic = unicode_buf[0] sounds even better, but currently
+                                 * this does not work: wchar_t[] -> char[] conversion
+                                 * when lineedit finishes mangles such "raw bytes"
+                                 * (by misinterpreting them as unicode chars):
+                                 */
+                                ic = CONFIG_SUBST_WCHAR;
+                        } else {
+                                /* Valid unicode char, return its code */
+                                ic = wc;
                         }
-                        ic = wc;
                 }
 #endif
         } while (errno == EAGAIN);