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Proto FAQ

Dave Pearson edited this page Nov 17, 2022 · 9 revisions

This is not the FAQ

This isn't the Textual FAQ, but it is where we'll collect information and ideas and points before they make it into the official docs, either as enhancements to some information in the docs, or as an actual FAQ.

Note: when things are added to the official docs/FAQ, they will be removed from here. Don't look here, look in the docs! (a link to the FAQ will appear here once one is started)

The demo/examples/my app doesn't look great

Document the minimal requirements for terminals, also mention useful settings for TERM (set to xterm-256color, etc) and COLORTERM (set to truecolor, etc).

How do I pass arguments to my app?

Assuming that https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/1030 might become a FAQ: override App.__init__.

What's the best terminal to use on FooOS?

While we don't recommend a specific terminal on any particular OS (okay fine perhaps we do on Windows), here (not here, but this is what w'd do) is a table of known terminals by OS and what they support, with any tweaks best made...

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