Fix Shift+Enter not inserting newline in CLI agents#5
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Fix Shift+Enter not inserting newline in CLI agents#5miroSalted wants to merge 1 commit intorustykuntz:mainfrom
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xterm.js sends the same \r for both Enter and Shift+Enter, making it impossible for CLI agents like Claude Code to distinguish between them. This intercepts Shift+Enter and sends the CSI u escape sequence (\x1b[13;2u) so agents can recognize it and insert a newline instead of submitting input. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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\rfor both Enter and Shift+Enter, making them indistinguishable at the PTY levelattachCustomKeyEventHandlerand sends the CSI u escape sequence (\x1b[13;2u) via xterm's publicinput()API, so agents can recognize the modifier and insert a newlineTest plan
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