Fixes keyboard write when dashes are included (#124)

mishushakov · web-flow · commit 1ddb1e3e233d · 2025-09-18T03:35:10.000-07:00
* use minus minus to stop option parsing

* added changeset
diff --git a/.changeset/solid-ants-type.md b/.changeset/solid-ants-type.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@e2b/desktop-python': patch
+'@e2b/desktop': patch
+---
+
+Uses minus minus in xdotool call to prevent parsing text as flag
diff --git a/packages/js-sdk/src/sandbox.ts b/packages/js-sdk/src/sandbox.ts
@@ -509,7 +509,9 @@ export class Sandbox extends SandboxBase {
 
     for (const chunk of chunks) {
       await this.commands.run(
-        `xdotool type --delay ${options.delayInMs} ${this.quoteString(chunk)}`
+        `xdotool type --delay ${options.delayInMs} -- ${this.quoteString(
+          chunk
+        )}`
       )
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/python-sdk/e2b_desktop/main.py b/packages/python-sdk/e2b_desktop/main.py
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ def break_into_chunks(text: str, n: int):
 
         for chunk in break_into_chunks(text, chunk_size):
             self.commands.run(
-                f"xdotool type --delay {delay_in_ms} {quote_string(chunk)}"
+                f"xdotool type --delay {delay_in_ms} -- {quote_string(chunk)}"
             )
 
     def press(self, key: Union[str, list[str]]):

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -509,7 +509,9 @@ export class Sandbox extends SandboxBase {`
`509`	`509`
`510`	`510`	`for (const chunk of chunks) {`
`511`	`511`	`await this.commands.run(`
`512`		- `xdotool type --delay ${options.delayInMs} ${this.quoteString(chunk)}`
	`512`	+ `xdotool type --delay ${options.delayInMs} -- ${this.quoteString(
	`513`	`+ chunk`
	`514`	+ )}`
`513`	`515`	`)`
`514`	`516`	`}`
`515`	`517`	`}`
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`@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ def break_into_chunks(text: str, n: int):`
`543`	`543`
`544`	`544`	`for chunk in break_into_chunks(text, chunk_size):`
`545`	`545`	`self.commands.run(`
`546`		`- f"xdotool type --delay {delay_in_ms} {quote_string(chunk)}"`
	`546`	`+ f"xdotool type --delay {delay_in_ms} -- {quote_string(chunk)}"`
`547`	`547`	`)`
`548`	`548`
`549`	`549`	`def press(self, key: Union[str, list[str]]):`