fix(kimi-code): warn about tmux key configuration

.changeset/warn-tmux-key-config.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Warn tmux users when extended key settings may prevent modified Enter shortcuts from working.

apps/kimi-code/src/tui/kimi-tui.ts

@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
 import { notifyTerminalOnce } from './utils/terminal-notification';
 import { createTerminalState, type TerminalState } from './utils/terminal-state';
 import { installTerminalThemeTracking } from './utils/terminal-theme';
+import { detectTmuxKeyboardWarning } from './utils/tmux-keyboard';
 import { nextTranscriptId } from './utils/transcript-id';
 
 export interface KimiTUIStartupInput {
@@ -763,6 +764,7 @@
       this.showStatus(this.state.startupNotice);
       this.state.startupNotice = undefined;
     }
+    void this.showTmuxKeyboardWarningIfNeeded();
     if (this.state.startupState === 'picker') {
       void this.bootstrapFromPicker();
       // resumeSession (fired on picker select) owns post-pick init; nothing
@@ -786,6 +788,13 @@
     void this.refreshSkillCommands(this.session);
   }
 
+  // Warns tmux users when modified Enter shortcuts are likely to be swallowed.
+  private async showTmuxKeyboardWarningIfNeeded(): Promise<void> {
+    const warning = await detectTmuxKeyboardWarning();
+    if (warning === undefined || this.aborted) return;
+    this.showStatus(warning, this.state.theme.colors.warning);
+  }
+
   // Creates or resumes the startup session and reports whether history should replay.
   private async init(): Promise<boolean> {
     await this.refreshAvailableModels();
@@ -1305,7 +1314,7 @@
       isCompacting: this.state.appState.isCompacting,
     });
 
     switch (intent.kind) {
       case 'not-command':
         return;
       case 'blocked':

apps/kimi-code/src/tui/utils/tmux-keyboard.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+
+const TMUX_QUERY_TIMEOUT_MS = 2000;
+
+export const TMUX_EXTENDED_KEYS_OFF_WARNING =
+  'tmux extended-keys is off. Modified Enter keys may not work. Add `set -g extended-keys on` to ~/.tmux.conf and restart tmux.';
+
+export const TMUX_EXTENDED_KEYS_FORMAT_XTERM_WARNING =
+  'tmux extended-keys-format is xterm. Kimi Code works best with csi-u. Add `set -g extended-keys-format csi-u` to ~/.tmux.conf and restart tmux.';
+
+export type TmuxOptionReader = (option: string) => Promise<string | undefined>;
+
+export async function detectTmuxKeyboardWarning(
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
+  readTmuxOption: TmuxOptionReader = readTmuxOptionFromProcess,
+): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  if ((env['TMUX'] ?? '').length === 0) return undefined;
+
+  const [extendedKeys, extendedKeysFormat] = await Promise.all([
+    readTmuxOption('extended-keys'),
+    readTmuxOption('extended-keys-format'),
+  ]);
+
+  if (extendedKeys === undefined) return undefined;
+
+  if (extendedKeys !== 'on' && extendedKeys !== 'always') {
+    return TMUX_EXTENDED_KEYS_OFF_WARNING;
+  }
+
+  if (extendedKeysFormat === 'xterm') {
+    return TMUX_EXTENDED_KEYS_FORMAT_XTERM_WARNING;
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function readTmuxOptionFromProcess(option: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const proc = spawn('tmux', ['show', '-gv', option], {
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
+    });
+    let stdout = '';
+    let settled = false;
+    let timer: NodeJS.Timeout;
+
+    const finish = (value: string | undefined) => {
+      if (settled) return;
+      settled = true;
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      resolve(value);
+    };
+
+    timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      proc.kill();
+      finish(undefined);
+    }, TMUX_QUERY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+    proc.stdout?.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
+      stdout += data.toString('utf8');
+    });
+    proc.on('error', () => {
+      finish(undefined);
+    });
+    proc.on('close', (code) => {
+      finish(code === 0 ? stdout.trim() : undefined);
+    });
+  });
+}

apps/kimi-code/test/tui/tmux-keyboard.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+  detectTmuxKeyboardWarning,
+  TMUX_EXTENDED_KEYS_FORMAT_XTERM_WARNING,
+  TMUX_EXTENDED_KEYS_OFF_WARNING,
+  type TmuxOptionReader,
+} from '#/tui/utils/tmux-keyboard';
+
+function optionReader(values: Record<string, string | undefined>): TmuxOptionReader {
+  return vi.fn(async (option: string) => values[option]);
+}
+
+describe('tmux keyboard setup detection', () => {
+  it('skips checks outside tmux', async () => {
+    const readOption = optionReader({});
+
+    await expect(detectTmuxKeyboardWarning({}, readOption)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(readOption).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('does not warn when tmux options cannot be queried', async () => {
+    const readOption = optionReader({
+      'extended-keys': undefined,
+      'extended-keys-format': undefined,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      detectTmuxKeyboardWarning({ TMUX: '/tmp/tmux/default,123,0' }, readOption),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('warns when extended-keys is off', async () => {
+    const readOption = optionReader({
+      'extended-keys': 'off',
+      'extended-keys-format': 'csi-u',
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      detectTmuxKeyboardWarning({ TMUX: '/tmp/tmux/default,123,0' }, readOption),
+    ).resolves.toBe(TMUX_EXTENDED_KEYS_OFF_WARNING);
+  });
+
+  it('warns when extended-keys-format is xterm', async () => {
+    const readOption = optionReader({
+      'extended-keys': 'on',
+      'extended-keys-format': 'xterm',
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      detectTmuxKeyboardWarning({ TMUX: '/tmp/tmux/default,123,0' }, readOption),
+    ).resolves.toBe(TMUX_EXTENDED_KEYS_FORMAT_XTERM_WARNING);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts on and always with csi-u or absent format', async () => {
+    await expect(
+      detectTmuxKeyboardWarning(
+        { TMUX: '/tmp/tmux/default,123,0' },
+        optionReader({ 'extended-keys': 'on', 'extended-keys-format': 'csi-u' }),
+      ),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    await expect(
+      detectTmuxKeyboardWarning(
+        { TMUX: '/tmp/tmux/default,123,0' },
+        optionReader({ 'extended-keys': 'always', 'extended-keys-format': undefined }),
+      ),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});