`claude-code--do-send-command` - make RET optional

[vemv]

Hi!

Thanks for your work.

I'd like Send command and Send command with context not to send a RET as seen here

claude-code.el/claude-code.el

Line 1132 in 0197f15

(claude-code--term-send-string claude-code-terminal-backend (kbd "RET"))

The reason is that for my usage patterns, I want the transient commands to only "draft a prompt" - then I'll review it / submit it and hit RET myself.

Example use case:

• I select a region in a file
• I try to use Send command with context
• I fill a command
• The command + region reference are immediately submitted – maybe I wanted to add more context, more detailed instructions, fix a typo, etc.

This would seem a straightforward defcustom to add. I reckon that things like (claude-code--do-send-command "/model") should not observe the defcustom - those should always run immediately.

Cheers - V

[stevemolitor]

Hi, thanks for the feedback. I think this makes sense.

Another option would be to send or not send the return, depending on the presence of a prefix key, but prefix keys are already used on these commands for other purposes.

It might take me a week or so to get this (busy). Feel free to submit a PR - it's probably not to hard to vibe code this one!

[stevemolitor]

Actually I found that I sometimes want this feature too, but other times I do want to send RETURN and have claude execute the command. It depends on what I'm doing.

So I'm thinking a prefix key to send or not send return for the various claude-code-send commands would make sense. I'm thinking of making a breaking change, but just to the prefix key handling: C-u would not switch to the buffer after e.g. claude-code-send-command. Instead, it would toggle whether to also send RETURN or not.

I wonder, do many people use C-u claude-code-send-command (C-u C-cs) to send a command and switch to the Claude buffer? I thought it would be useful when I added it (and to other commands), but I don't actual use it.

[vemv]

Thanks for the response!

From my side, I'd appreciate a straightforward Transient menu with a direct one-key shortcut. Personally I don't use prefixes, but maybe that's just me.

Ultimately, I reckon that I can make my own Transient menu - the bare minimum I would need is that the internal functions take an argument controlling RET behavior.

(letting users have their own Transient menus may be quite simple and broadly useful - I reckon that we all have our own Claude Code workflow variations)

[stevemolitor]

OK thanks. I guess there are two options here:

1. Add a claude-code-send-string, claude-code-send-region-string, claude-code-send-string-with-context commands that send a string to Claude without sending a return, and add the corresponding keybindings and transient menu items. (Actually claude-code-send-with-context may not be necessary.)
2. Or add a defcustom as you propose, and maybe a command to toggle its value: claude-code-always-send-return-p (defaults to t, can set to nil), and claude-code-toggle-send-return (and add keybinding and transient menu item).

I'm thinking 2 might be the simplest.