Function launchWindowsTerminal

src/utils/deepLink/terminalLauncher.ts:419–469

(
  terminal: TerminalInfo,
  claudePath: string,
  claudeArgs: string[],
  cwd?: string,
)

}

async function launchWindowsTerminal(
  terminal: TerminalInfo,
  claudePath: string,
  claudeArgs: string[],
  cwd?: string,
): Promise<boolean> {
  const args: string[] = []

  switch (terminal.name) {
    // --- PURE ARGV PATH ---
    case 'Windows Terminal':
      if (cwd) args.push('-d', cwd)
      args.push('--', claudePath, ...claudeArgs)
      break

    // --- SHELL-STRING PATHS ---
    // PowerShell -Command and cmd /k take a command string. No argv exec
    // mode that also keeps the session interactive after claude exits.
    // User input is escaped per-shell; correctness of that escaping is
    // load-bearing here.

    case 'PowerShell': {
      // Single-quoted PowerShell strings have NO escape sequences (only
      // '' for a literal quote). Double-quoted strings interpret backtick
      // escapes — a query containing `" could break out.
      const cdCmd = cwd ? `Set-Location ${psQuote(cwd)}; ` : ''
      args.push(
        '-NoExit',
        '-Command',
        `${cdCmd}& ${psQuote(claudePath)} ${claudeArgs.map(psQuote).join(' ')}`,
      )
      break
    }

    default: {
      const cdCmd = cwd ? `cd /d ${cmdQuote(cwd)} && ` : ''
      args.push(
        '/k',
        `${cdCmd}${cmdQuote(claudePath)} ${claudeArgs.map(a => cmdQuote(a)).join(' ')}`,
      )
      break
    }
  }

  // cmd.exe does NOT use MSVCRT-style argument parsing. libuv's default
  // quoting for spawn() on Windows assumes MSVCRT rules and would double-
  // escape our already-cmdQuote'd string. Bypass it for cmd.exe only.
  return spawnDetached(terminal.command, args, {
    windowsVerbatimArguments: terminal.name === 'Command Prompt',
  })
}

/**
 * Spawn a terminal detached so the handler process can exit without