Rules that terminal programs follow
“Rules” that terminal programs follow
rule 1: noninteractive programs should quit when you press Ctrl-C rule 2: TUIs should quit when you press q rule 3: REPLs should quit when you press Ctrl-D on an empty line rule 4: don’t use more than 16 colours rule 5: vaguely support readline keybindings rule 5.1: Ctrl-W should delete the last word rule 6: disable colours when writing to a pipe rule 7: - means stdin/stdout
