dotfiles/.memory/plans/tmux-shift-enter-fix.md

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tmux Shift+Enter Fix

Goal

Inside tmux, pressing Shift+Enter should insert a literal newline instead of submitting the command line.

Decision

• [decision] Preserve tmux extended-keys support and apply the smallest possible fix at the tmux layer.
• [decision] Use bind-key -n S-Enter send-keys "\n" in ~/.tmux.conf instead of disabling extended-keys or adding shell-specific bindings.

Tasks

• Add a tmux root-table binding for S-Enter
• Verify tmux loads the config and exposes the expected binding
• Check documentation coverage for this config tweak

Acceptance criteria

• ~/.tmux.conf contains an explicit S-Enter binding that sends a newline.
• Existing extended-keys settings remain enabled.
• After sourcing the config, tmux shows the S-Enter root binding.

Workstream

• Single workstream in the main repo working tree.

Findings tracker

• None.

Relations

• related_to knowledge