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Pasting output copied from copilot mangles the input area unrecoverably #4060

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@zachbryant

Describe the bug

I was just trying to paste something back to copilot it had generated and that paste destroyed the input bar. I had to exit, tried again and it also happened again. Also happened in a completely different terminal session on another machine.
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GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.69

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  1. Copy a line from a table produced in session
  2. Paste that line
  3. Observe broken input area

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Input area should be able to handle input gracefully

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    area:input-keyboardKeyboard shortcuts, keybindings, copy/paste, clipboard, mouse, and text inputarea:terminal-renderingDisplay and rendering: flickering, scrolling, line wrapping, output formatting

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