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CLI Enter/Ctrl-J key binding conflict

Cluster 9299 · hermes cli. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix attempted, not merged.

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0open issues
0open PRs
5items grouped
Known?
Yes. 5 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 4 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a conflict between Ctrl+J (c-j) key bindings and the Enter key in certain terminals like Ghostty and WSL, where the binding causes newline insertion instead of prompt submission. Multiple competing approaches to the fix are represented.

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4 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · stale or abandoned 1 · other 1

  • #9302 fix(cli): remove c-j binding that breaks Enter on Ghostty/WSL terminals · stale or abandoned
  • #9321 fix: make c-j binding submit instead of inserting newline · done elsewhere
  • #9499 fix(cli): let enter submit on terminals sending c-j · done elsewhere → #22379
  • #33193 fix: preserve Ctrl+J newlines in Ghostty · other → #9299, #25111, #22911, #26086, #27688
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#9299CLI: Enter key inserts newline instead of submitting — c-j binding breaks prompt_toolkit safety net
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.40: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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4 PRs closed without merging

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