Inserting a newline in a multiline zsh command pulled from history

Question

Sometimes I use multiline commands in zsh:

❯ echo \ > a \ > multiline \ > command 

When editing the command after pulling it from a history search, I can change the content of individual lines. However, I can't figure out how to insert another line:

# I want to insert another line after "multiline"... ❯ echo \ > a \ > multiline \  # but hitting <return> here just runs the command, even though there's a backslash at the end of the line > command 

How can I insert a newline in the middle of a multiline command pulled from history?

Answer 1

You can use ESC-Return.

FWIW, I tested it on Debian Jessie, zsh 5.0.7 and it works there.