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Proto FAQ

Dave Pearson edited this page Oct 28, 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](https://textual.textualize.io/, 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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