feat(userspace): programs in /bin w/o .elf; bin manifests (needs = display) so shell runs snake; Ctrl+C kills foreground via terminal interrupt notification; ctrl keys; sleep

Cargo.lock

@@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "types",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sleep"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "libkos",
+ "types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smptest"
 version = "0.1.0"

Cargo.toml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/apps/cat",
     "crates/apps/ls",
     "crates/apps/echo",
+    "crates/apps/sleep",
     "crates/apps/smptest",
     "crates/apps/spawntest",
     "crates/apps/snake",

Makefile

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ kani: kani-types kani-domain kani-kernel
 # adapter's build.rs).
 build:
 	cargo build --target $(RISCV_TARGET) --release \
-		-p init -p echo -p snake \
+		-p init -p echo -p sleep -p snake \
 		-p display-qemu -p input-qemu -p storage-qemu \
 		-p log-server -p permission-manager -p session-server -p smptest -p spawntest -p hello \
 		-p terminal-server -p shell -p cat -p ls
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ build:
 image: build
 	scripts/make-disk-image.sh
 
-# Boots a test image (normal image + smptest.elf) on $(SMP) harts; init runs
+# Boots a test image (normal image + bin/smptest) on $(SMP) harts; init runs
 # the SMP self-test and halts. Passes only on "SMPTEST PASS".
 test-qemu: build
 	IMG=test.img SMPTEST=1 scripts/make-disk-image.sh > /dev/null

crates/apps/shell/src/main.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 //! The shell: a few built-ins, and anything else is a program on disk.
-//! `name args...` runs `name.elf` through init, handing it the terminal as
-//! its output and read-only storage rooted at the current directory, and
-//! nothing else; then waits for it and takes the storage back.
+//! `name args...` runs `/bin/name` through init, handing it the terminal as
+//! its output, read-only storage rooted at the current directory, and what
+//! its manifest (`/bin/name.manifest`) asks for that the shell can give;
+//! then waits for it (Ctrl+C kills it) and takes the storage back.
 
 #![no_std]
 #![no_main]
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ extern crate libkos;
 
 use libkos::fs::Storage;
 use libkos::spawn::{SpawnError, spawn};
+use types::manifest::Needs;
 use libkos::{print, println, syscall};
 use types::bounded::CapSlot;
 use types::budget::Limits;
@@ -19,7 +21,15 @@ use types::start_arg::StartArg;
 /// Where init's manifest put them: `uses`, then the spawn endpoint.
 const TERMINAL: CapSlot = CapSlot::const_new(0);
 const STORAGE: CapSlot = CapSlot::const_new(1);
-const INIT: CapSlot = CapSlot::const_new(2);
+const DISPLAY: CapSlot = CapSlot::const_new(2);
+const INIT: CapSlot = CapSlot::const_new(3);
+
+/// Bits on the shell's notification: the program died (its death watch is
+/// unbadged), or Ctrl+C was typed (the terminal's copy).
+const DIED: usize = 1;
+const INTERRUPTED: usize = 1 << 1;
+/// Longest manifest read.
+const MAX_MANIFEST: usize = 512;
 
 /// What each program gets, out of the shell's allowance.
 const PROGRAM: Limits = Limits { pages: 128, endpoints: 1, notifications: 1, regions: 1 };
@@ -91,19 +101,46 @@ struct Shell {
     done: CapSlot,
 }
 
-/// Runs `args[0].elf` with `args` in the current directory, and waits
-/// for it to finish.
+/// `/bin/<name><suffix>` into `out`, if it fits.
+fn bin_path<'a>(out: &'a mut [u8], name: &str, suffix: &[u8]) -> Option<&'a [u8]> {
+    let path = out.get_mut(..4 + name.len() + suffix.len())?;
+    path[..4].copy_from_slice(b"bin/");
+    path[4..4 + name.len()].copy_from_slice(name.as_bytes());
+    path[4 + name.len()..].copy_from_slice(suffix);
+    Some(path)
+}
+
+/// What `name`'s manifest asks for; none without one. `None` if it asks
+/// for something the shell does not know how to give.
+fn needs(sh: &mut Shell, name: &str) -> Option<Needs> {
+    let mut path = [0u8; types::storage::MAX_PATH];
+    let path = bin_path(&mut path, name, b".manifest")?;
+    let Ok(file) = sh.fs.open(path) else {
+        return Some(Needs::default());
+    };
+    let mut text = [0u8; MAX_MANIFEST];
+    let read = sh.fs.read(file, &mut text);
+    let _ = sh.fs.close(file);
+    match types::manifest::parse(&text[..read.ok()?]) {
+        Ok(needs) => Some(needs),
+        Err(types::manifest::Unknown(what)) => {
+            println!("shell: {}: its manifest asks for {}", name, core::str::from_utf8(what).unwrap_or("?"));
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Runs `/bin/args[0]` with `args` in the current directory, and waits
+/// for it to finish or Ctrl+C.
 fn run_program(sh: &mut Shell, args: &[&str]) {
     let mut file = [0u8; types::spawn::MAX_NAME];
-    let name = args[0].as_bytes();
-    let Some(file) = file.get_mut(..name.len() + 4).map(|f| {
-        f[..name.len()].copy_from_slice(name);
-        f[name.len()..].copy_from_slice(b".elf");
-        &*f
-    }) else {
+    let Some(file) = bin_path(&mut file, args[0], b"") else {
         println!("shell: {}: name too long", args[0]);
         return;
     };
+    let Some(needs) = needs(sh, args[0]) else {
+        return;
+    };
     let child = match spawn(INIT, file, PROGRAM) {
         Ok(c) => c,
         Err(SpawnError::NotFound) => return println!("shell: {}: not found", args[0]),
@@ -116,11 +153,20 @@ fn run_program(sh: &mut Shell, args: &[&str]) {
         log: child.give(TERMINAL, call),
         storage: grant.and_then(|g| child.give(g, call)),
         args: child.set_args(args),
+        // It subscribes to input by sending the display a notification.
+        display: needs.display.then(|| child.give_sending(DISPLAY, call)).flatten(),
         console: None,
     };
+    // A Ctrl+C typed since the last program is not for this one.
+    let _ = syscall::poll(sh.done);
     let watched = syscall::watch_death(child.process, sh.done).is_ok();
     if child.start_with(arg) && watched {
-        let _ = syscall::wait(sh.done);
+        while syscall::wait(sh.done).is_ok_and(|bits| {
+            if bits & INTERRUPTED != 0 {
+                syscall::kill(child.process);
+            }
+            bits & DIED == 0
+        }) {}
     } else {
         let _ = syscall::kill(child.process);
         println!("shell: {}: cannot start", args[0]);
@@ -129,6 +175,10 @@ fn run_program(sh: &mut Shell, args: &[&str]) {
     if let Some(g) = grant {
         let _ = libkos::fs::release(g);
     }
+    // It drew over the terminal and took the keyboard.
+    if needs.display {
+        libkos::terminal::redraw(TERMINAL);
+    }
 }
 
 fn cd(sh: &mut Shell, to: &str) {
@@ -152,6 +202,7 @@ fn run(sh: &mut Shell, line: &str) {
             println!("built-ins: help, echo <text>, clear, cd <dir>, pwd");
             println!("anything else runs a program from the disk: try ls, cat readme.txt");
             println!("programs see the current directory, read-only, and nothing above it");
+            println!("Ctrl+C stops a running program; snake quits with q");
         }
         Some("cd") => cd(sh, args.get(1).copied().unwrap_or("/")),
         Some("pwd") => println!("{}", sh.cwd),
@@ -188,6 +239,9 @@ extern "C" fn main() {
         println!("shell: no storage");
         return;
     };
+    if !libkos::terminal::on_interrupt(TERMINAL, done, types::badge::Badge::new(INTERRUPTED)) {
+        println!("shell: Ctrl+C will not work");
+    }
     let mut sh = Shell {
         fs,
         cwd: Cwd {

crates/apps/sleep/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "sleep"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "sleep"
+test = false
+bench = false
+
+[dependencies]
+types = { workspace = true }
+
+libkos = { workspace = true }

crates/apps/sleep/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//! Waits: `sleep <seconds>`. Mostly something to stop with Ctrl+C.
+
+#![no_std]
+#![no_main]
+
+extern crate libkos;
+
+use libkos::{println, syscall};
+use types::time::Ticks;
+
+/// QEMU virt's timebase.
+const TICKS_PER_SECOND: u64 = 10_000_000;
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+extern "C" fn main() {
+    let Some(seconds) = libkos::start::args().nth(1).and_then(|s| s.parse::<u64>().ok()) else {
+        println!("usage: sleep <seconds>");
+        return;
+    };
+    let Ok(alarm) = syscall::create_notification() else {
+        println!("sleep: no notification");
+        return;
+    };
+    let at = syscall::get_time().raw().saturating_add(seconds.saturating_mul(TICKS_PER_SECOND));
+    if syscall::set_timer(alarm, Ticks::from_raw(at)).is_ok() {
+        let _ = syscall::wait(alarm);
+    }
+}

crates/apps/snake/src/main.rs

@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ use libkos::syscall;
 use server_framework::Encode;
 use display_server::protocol::DisplayRequest;
 
-/// Input comes through the display server too, while this app has focus.
-const DISPLAY_EP: CapSlot = CapSlot::const_new(0);
 const TICK_DELAY: u64 = 5_000_000;
 const MAX_RENDER_CMDS: usize = 140;
 
+/// The display server, which the shell hands over because snake's manifest
+/// asks for it. Input comes through it too, while snake has focus.
+fn display_ep() -> CapSlot {
+    libkos::start::display().unwrap_or(CapSlot::const_new(0))
+}
+
 fn display_send(req: &DisplayRequest) {
-    let _ = syscall::request(DISPLAY_EP, req.encode());
+    let _ = syscall::request(display_ep(), req.encode());
 }
 
 fn draw_rect(x: u16, y: u16, w: u16, h: u16, color: u32) {
@@ -37,8 +41,12 @@ fn flush() {
 
 #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
 extern "C" fn main() {
+    if libkos::start::display().is_none() {
+        libkos::println!("snake: needs the display (see /bin/snake.manifest)");
+        return;
+    }
     // Takes focus; the game polls every tick, so it never waits on the signal.
-    let _ = libkos::display::subscribe_input(DISPLAY_EP);
+    let _ = libkos::display::subscribe_input(display_ep());
     let mut snake = Snake::new();
     let mut commands = [RenderCommand { x: 0, y: 0, w: 0, h: 0, color: 0 }; MAX_RENDER_CMDS];
 
@@ -55,31 +63,59 @@ extern "C" fn main() {
             let gh = renderer::grid_pixel_height();
             draw_rect(gw / 2 - 60, gh / 2 - 12, 120, 24, 0xFFCC0000);
             flush();
-            loop { syscall::yield_now(); }
+            // Any key leaves.
+            while next_input() == Input::None {
+                wait_tick();
+            }
+            return;
         }
 
         wait_tick();
-        handle_input(&mut snake);
+        if handle_input(&mut snake) == Input::Quit {
+            return;
+        }
         snake.tick();
     }
 }
 
-fn handle_input(snake: &mut Snake) {
-    // Drain all pending events, apply the latest direction
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+enum Input {
+    None,
+    Quit,
+    Turn(Direction),
+    Other,
+}
+
+/// The next key, if one is waiting: q or Escape quits.
+fn next_input() -> Input {
+    let Ok([tag, kind, ch, _]) = syscall::request(display_ep(), [types::display::input::POLL, 0, 0, 0]) else {
+        return Input::None;
+    };
+    if tag == 0 {
+        return Input::None; // NoEvent: queue drained
+    }
+    if tag != 1 {
+        return Input::Other; // a key let go
+    }
+    // Arrows, or WASD (kind 9 is a character).
+    match (kind, ch as u8) {
+        (5, _) | (9, b'q') => Input::Quit,
+        (0, _) | (9, b'w') => Input::Turn(Direction::Up),
+        (1, _) | (9, b's') => Input::Turn(Direction::Down),
+        (2, _) | (9, b'a') => Input::Turn(Direction::Left),
+        (3, _) | (9, b'd') => Input::Turn(Direction::Right),
+        _ => Input::Other,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Drains the pending keys, applying each turn; reports a quit.
+fn handle_input(snake: &mut Snake) -> Input {
     loop {
-        let Ok([tag, kind, ch, _]) = syscall::request(DISPLAY_EP, [types::display::input::POLL, 0, 0, 0]) else {
-            break;
-        };
-        if tag == 0 { break; } // NoEvent — queue drained
-        if tag == 1 {
-            // Arrows, or WASD (kind 9 is a character).
-            match (kind, ch as u8) {
-                (0, _) | (9, b'w') => snake.set_direction(Direction::Up),
-                (1, _) | (9, b's') => snake.set_direction(Direction::Down),
-                (2, _) | (9, b'a') => snake.set_direction(Direction::Left),
-                (3, _) | (9, b'd') => snake.set_direction(Direction::Right),
-                _ => {}
-            }
+        match next_input() {
+            Input::None => return Input::None,
+            Input::Quit => return Input::Quit,
+            Input::Turn(d) => snake.set_direction(d),
+            Input::Other => {}
         }
     }
 }

crates/apps/spawntest/src/main.rs

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const HELLO: Limits = Limits { pages: 80, endpoints: 0, notifications: 0, region
 /// Spawns hello, runs it, and waits for it to die; hands it `grant`
 /// first, if there is one.
 fn run_hello(died: CapSlot, grant: Option<CapSlot>) -> Result<(), &'static str> {
-    let child = spawn(INIT, b"hello.elf", HELLO).map_err(|_| "init would not spawn hello")?;
+    let child = spawn(INIT, b"bin/hello", HELLO).map_err(|_| "init would not spawn hello")?;
     let call = types::permission::PermissionSet::empty().with(types::permission::Permission::Execute);
     if grant.is_some_and(|g| child.give(g, call).is_none()) {
         return Err("a storage grant could not be passed on");
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ fn check() -> Result<(), &'static str> {
     libkos::println!("spawntest: spawned program runs and its death is heard: ok");
 
     let greedy = Limits { pages: 200, ..HELLO };
-    if spawn(INIT, b"hello.elf", greedy).err() != Some(SpawnError::OverAllowance) {
+    if spawn(INIT, b"bin/hello", greedy).err() != Some(SpawnError::OverAllowance) {
         return Err("init spawned past the allowance");
     }
     let tiny = Limits { pages: 1, ..HELLO };
-    if spawn(INIT, b"nothere.elf", tiny).err() != Some(SpawnError::NotFound) {
+    if spawn(INIT, b"bin/nothere", tiny).err() != Some(SpawnError::NotFound) {
         return Err("a missing program was not reported");
     }
     libkos::println!("spawntest: allowance and missing files refused: ok");

crates/drivers/input/virtio/src/keymap.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ use port_input_device::Key;
 
 pub const LEFT_SHIFT: u16 = 42;
 pub const RIGHT_SHIFT: u16 = 54;
+pub const LEFT_CTRL: u16 = 29;
+pub const RIGHT_CTRL: u16 = 97;
+
+/// A letter typed with Ctrl held is its control character, as on a
+/// terminal: Ctrl+C is 3. Anything else is itself.
+pub fn with_ctrl(key: Key) -> Key {
+    match key {
+        Key::Char(c) if c.is_ascii_alphabetic() => Key::Char(c.to_ascii_lowercase() & 0x1f),
+        k => k,
+    }
+}
 
 /// Rows of the main block: the first key's code, then each key unshifted
 /// and shifted.
@@ -41,6 +52,14 @@ pub fn key(code: u16, shift: bool) -> Option<Key> {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn ctrl_letters_are_control_characters() {
+        assert_eq!(with_ctrl(Key::Char(b'c')), Key::Char(3));
+        assert_eq!(with_ctrl(Key::Char(b'C')), Key::Char(3));
+        assert_eq!(with_ctrl(Key::Char(b'1')), Key::Char(b'1'));
+        assert_eq!(with_ctrl(Key::Enter), Key::Enter);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn letters_digits_and_shift() {
         assert_eq!(key(35, false), Some(Key::Char(b'h')));

crates/drivers/input/virtio/src/lib.rs

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ pub struct VirtioInputDevice {
     next_avail: u16,
     evbuf_pa: usize,
     shift: bool,
+    ctrl: bool,
 }
 
 impl VirtioInputDevice {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ impl VirtioInputDevice {
         let evbuf_pa = libkos::device::dma(1, EVBUF_VA).ok()?;
         hw_virtio::mmio::init_legacy_device(&regs, vq_pa, QUEUE_SIZE as u32);
 
-        let mut dev = Self { last_used: 0, next_avail: 0, evbuf_pa, shift: false };
+        let mut dev = Self { last_used: 0, next_avail: 0, evbuf_pa, shift: false, ctrl: false };
         dev.fill_queue();
         Some(dev)
     }
@@ -139,8 +140,13 @@ impl InputDevice for VirtioInputDevice {
                 self.shift = ev_value != 0;
                 continue;
             }
+            if ev_type == EV_KEY && matches!(ev_code, keymap::LEFT_CTRL | keymap::RIGHT_CTRL) {
+                self.ctrl = ev_value != 0;
+                continue;
+            }
             if ev_type == EV_KEY {
-                if let Some(key) = keymap::key(ev_code, self.shift) {
+                let key = keymap::key(ev_code, self.shift).map(|k| if self.ctrl { keymap::with_ctrl(k) } else { k });
+                if let Some(key) = key {
                     if ev_value == KEY_PRESS {
                         return Some(InputEvent::KeyDown(key));
                     } else if ev_value == 0 {

crates/init/src/lib.rs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub fn run() -> ! {
     // instead of the desktop, and the last one halts the machine.
     let (storage, scratch) = launcher.storage();
     if storage
-        .open(b"smptest.elf")
+        .open(b"bin/smptest")
         .is_ok_and(|h| storage.close(h).is_ok())
     {
         libkos::println!("init: running the SMP self-test");

crates/init/src/manifest.rs

@@ -51,19 +51,19 @@ const fn server(name: &'static str, file: &'static [u8], limits: Limits) -> Prog
 
 /// Started on every boot. The log server comes first so the rest can print.
 pub const SERVERS: &[Program] = &[
-    Program { console: true, ..server("log", b"log.elf", SMALL) },
-    Program { device: Some(Device::Input), ..server("input", b"input.elf", Limits { regions: 4, ..SMALL }) },
+    Program { console: true, ..server("log", b"bin/log", SMALL) },
+    Program { device: Some(Device::Input), ..server("input", b"bin/input", Limits { regions: 4, ..SMALL }) },
     // The input server's only client: it passes input on to the app in focus.
     Program {
         device: Some(Device::Gpu),
         uses: &["input"],
         // The framebuffer alone is ~1000 pages at 1280x800.
-        ..server("display", b"display.elf", Limits { pages: 1280, regions: 4, ..SMALL })
+        ..server("display", b"bin/display", Limits { pages: 1280, regions: 4, ..SMALL })
     },
     // Text on the display, lines from the keyboard (it takes input focus).
-    Program { uses: &["display"], ..server("terminal", b"terminal.elf", SMALL) },
-    server("permis", b"permis.elf", SMALL),
-    server("session", b"session.elf", SMALL),
+    Program { uses: &["display"], ..server("terminal", b"bin/terminal", SMALL) },
+    server("permission", b"bin/permission", SMALL),
+    server("session", b"bin/session", SMALL),
 ];
 
 /// Run on the test image after the SMP self-test, instead of the desktop:
@@ -73,14 +73,15 @@ pub const TESTS: &[Program] = &[Program {
     uses: &["storage"],
     spawns: Some(Limits { pages: 128, endpoints: 2, notifications: 2, regions: 2 }),
     system_control: true,
-    ..server("spawntest", b"spawntst.elf", SMALL)
+    ..server("spawntest", b"bin/spawntest", SMALL)
 }];
 
 /// The desktop; the test image runs the SMP self-test instead.
 pub const APPS: &[Program] = &[Program {
     serves: false,
-    uses: &["terminal", "storage"],
+    // The display only to hand on, to programs whose manifest asks for it.
+    uses: &["terminal", "storage", "display"],
     // Room for one program at a time, the way the shell runs them.
     spawns: Some(Limits { pages: 256, endpoints: 2, notifications: 2, regions: 2 }),
-    ..server("shell", b"shell.elf", SMALL)
+    ..server("shell", b"bin/shell", SMALL)
 }];

crates/init/src/selftest.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! SMP self-test, run when the disk carries `smptest.elf`: after revoking a
+//! SMP self-test, run when the disk carries `bin/smptest`: after revoking a
 //! spinner's page or killing it, no spinner counter may move on any hart.
 
 use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fn start_spinner(storage: &mut Storage, scratch: &mut [u8], page: CapSlot) -> Re
     for i in 0..=THREADS {
         word(i).store(0, Ordering::SeqCst);
     }
-    let spinner = crate::load::load_binary(storage, scratch, b"smptest.elf", crate::manifest::SMALL).ok_or("cannot load smptest.elf")?;
+    let spinner = crate::load::load_binary(storage, scratch, b"bin/smptest", crate::manifest::SMALL).ok_or("cannot load bin/smptest")?;
     let rw = PermissionSet::empty()
         .with(Permission::Read)
         .with(Permission::Write)

crates/libkos/src/display.rs

@@ -55,18 +55,21 @@ pub const CELL_HEIGHT: usize = 16;
 /// arrive; read them with `poll_input`.
 pub fn subscribe_input(ep: CapSlot) -> Option<CapSlot> {
     use types::badge::Badge;
-    use types::permission::{Permission, PermissionSet};
     let notify = syscall::create_notification().ok()?;
+    subscribe(ep, notify, Badge::NONE).then_some(notify)
+}
+
+/// Takes input focus, to be told through `notify` with `badge`'s bits.
+pub fn subscribe(ep: CapSlot, notify: CapSlot, badge: types::badge::Badge) -> bool {
+    use types::permission::{Permission, PermissionSet};
     // Signal only (Delegate just to send it; the transfer strips it).
     let signal = PermissionSet::empty().with(Permission::Write).with(Permission::Delegate);
-    let copy = syscall::mint(notify, Badge::NONE, signal).ok()?;
-    let sent = syscall::call(
-        ep,
-        [types::display::input::SUBSCRIBE, 0, 0, 0],
-        Some(copy.into()),
-    );
+    let Ok(copy) = syscall::mint(notify, badge, signal) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let sent = syscall::call(ep, [types::display::input::SUBSCRIBE, 0, 0, 0], Some(copy.into()));
     syscall::drop_cap(copy);
-    (sent.ok()?.words()[0] == 0).then_some(notify)
+    sent.is_ok_and(|r| r.words()[0] == 0)
 }
 
 /// The next input event, if this process has focus and one is waiting.

crates/libkos/src/spawn.rs

@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ impl Spawned {
         syscall::delegate(cap, self.process, perms.without(Permission::Delegate))
     }
 
+    /// Like `give`, but an endpoint the program may send capabilities
+    /// through (which takes Delegate, so it could pass the endpoint on too).
+    pub fn give_sending(&self, endpoint: CapSlot, perms: PermissionSet) -> Option<CapSlot> {
+        syscall::delegate(endpoint, self.process, perms.with(Permission::Delegate))
+    }
+
     /// Puts `args` (its name first) where the program finds them: a page
     /// this process fills and then moves into the program, which owns it.
     pub fn set_args(&self, args: &[&str]) -> bool {

crates/libkos/src/start.rs

@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ pub fn storage() -> Option<CapSlot> {
     StartArg::decode(arg()).storage
 }
 
+/// The display server endpoint this process was given, if any.
+pub fn display() -> Option<CapSlot> {
+    StartArg::decode(arg()).display
+}
+
 /// This program's arguments, its name first; none without an args page.
 pub fn args() -> impl Iterator<Item = &'static str> {
     let page: &'static [u8] = if StartArg::decode(arg()).args {

crates/libkos/src/terminal.rs

@@ -27,3 +27,22 @@ pub fn read_line(terminal: CapSlot, buf: &mut [u8]) -> usize {
 pub fn clear(terminal: CapSlot) {
     let _ = syscall::request(terminal, [types::terminal::CLEAR, 0, 0, 0]);
 }
+
+/// Repaints the terminal and gives it input focus again, after a program
+/// that drew on the screen.
+pub fn redraw(terminal: CapSlot) {
+    let _ = syscall::request(terminal, [types::terminal::REDRAW, 0, 0, 0]);
+}
+
+/// Has the terminal signal `notify` with `badge`'s bits when Ctrl+C is
+/// typed while no line is being read. Only the first caller is heard.
+pub fn on_interrupt(terminal: CapSlot, notify: CapSlot, badge: types::badge::Badge) -> bool {
+    use types::permission::{Permission, PermissionSet};
+    let signal = PermissionSet::empty().with(Permission::Write).with(Permission::Delegate);
+    let Ok(copy) = syscall::mint(notify, badge, signal) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let sent = syscall::call(terminal, [types::terminal::ON_INTERRUPT, 0, 0, 0], Some(copy.into()));
+    syscall::drop_cap(copy);
+    sent.is_ok_and(|r| r.words()[0] == 0)
+}

crates/servers/session-server/src/lib.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub fn run() -> ! {
     // Slot 0 holds the endpoint init delegated. Init has no process
     // creation authority to hand on yet, so Launch reports an error.
     let mut srv = server::SessionServer::new(None);
-    let _ = srv.register_app("snake", "/apps/snake.elf");
+    let _ = srv.register_app("snake", "bin/snake");
     let ep = types::bounded::CapSlot::new(0).unwrap();
     server_framework::serve(&mut srv, ep)
 }

crates/servers/session-server/src/tests/server.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use server_framework::Server;
 fn test_server() -> SessionServer {
     let cap = types::bounded::CapSlot::new(0).unwrap();
     let mut s = SessionServer::new(Some(cap));
-    s.register_app("snake", "/apps/snake.elf").unwrap();
+    s.register_app("snake", "bin/snake").unwrap();
     s.register_app("clock", "/apps/clock.elf").unwrap();
     s
 }
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ fn the_app_table_fills_up_without_panicking() {
 #[test]
 fn launching_needs_process_creation_authority() {
     let mut server = SessionServer::new(None);
-    server.register_app("snake", "/apps/snake.elf").unwrap();
+    server.register_app("snake", "bin/snake").unwrap();
     let resp = server.handle(SessionRequest::Launch { app: AppId::new(0) });
     assert_eq!(resp, SessionResponse::Error);
 }

crates/servers/terminal-server/src/grid.rs

@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ impl Grid {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Marks every row to be drawn again.
+    pub fn touch_all(&mut self) {
+        self.dirty.fill(true);
+    }
+
     pub fn clear(&mut self) {
         self.cells.fill(b' ');
         self.col = 0;

crates/servers/terminal-server/src/lib.rs

@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ mod tests;
 use libkos::display::{self, CELL_HEIGHT, CELL_WIDTH};
 use libkos::input::{InputEvent, Key};
 use libkos::syscall;
+use types::badge::Badge;
 use types::bounded::CapSlot;
 use types::display::{Color, ScreenCoord};
+use types::terminal::{KEYS_BIT, TIMER_BIT};
 
 /// Where init put them (its manifest: own endpoint, then `uses`).
 const EP: CapSlot = CapSlot::const_new(0);
@@ -26,11 +28,23 @@ const BG: Color = Color::rgb(16, 16, 24);
 const FLUSH_DELAY: u64 = 20 * 10_000;
 
 struct Screen {
-    keys: CapSlot,
-    /// Bound to the serving thread; the flush timer signals it.
+    /// Bound to the serving thread: the display signals it with
+    /// `KEYS_BIT`, the flush timer with `TIMER_BIT`.
+    notify: CapSlot,
     timer: CapSlot,
 }
 
+/// A key as the line editor wants it, if it is one.
+fn byte(event: InputEvent) -> Option<u8> {
+    match event {
+        InputEvent::KeyDown(Key::Char(c)) => Some(c),
+        InputEvent::KeyDown(Key::Space | Key::Tab) => Some(b' '),
+        InputEvent::KeyDown(Key::Enter) => Some(b'\n'),
+        InputEvent::KeyDown(Key::Backspace) => Some(server::BACKSPACE),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
 fn at(col: usize, row: usize) -> (ScreenCoord, ScreenCoord) {
     (ScreenCoord::new((col * CELL_WIDTH) as u16), ScreenCoord::new((row * CELL_HEIGHT) as u16))
 }
@@ -57,34 +71,50 @@ impl server::Console for Screen {
 
     fn next_key(&mut self) -> u8 {
         loop {
-            while let Some(event) = display::poll_input(DISPLAY) {
-                let InputEvent::KeyDown(key) = event else { continue };
-                match key {
-                    Key::Char(c) => return c,
-                    Key::Space | Key::Tab => return b' ',
-                    Key::Enter => return b'\n',
-                    Key::Backspace => return server::BACKSPACE,
-                    _ => {}
-                }
+            if let Some(key) = self.poll_key() {
+                return key;
             }
-            let _ = syscall::wait(self.keys);
+            let _ = syscall::wait(self.notify);
         }
     }
+
+    fn poll_key(&mut self) -> Option<u8> {
+        while let Some(event) = display::poll_input(DISPLAY) {
+            if let Some(key) = byte(event) {
+                return Some(key);
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn take_focus(&mut self) {
+        display::subscribe(DISPLAY, self.notify, Badge::new(KEYS_BIT));
+        display::clear(DISPLAY, BG);
+    }
+
+    fn interrupt(&mut self, notification: CapSlot) {
+        let _ = syscall::signal(notification);
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn run() -> ! {
-    let Some(keys) = display::subscribe_input(DISPLAY) else {
+    let Some(notify) = syscall::create_notification().ok().filter(|n| syscall::bind_notification(*n).is_ok()) else {
+        libkos::println!("terminal: no notification, exiting");
+        syscall::exit();
+    };
+    let timer_perms = types::permission::PermissionSet::empty().with(types::permission::Permission::Write);
+    let Ok(timer) = syscall::mint(notify, Badge::new(TIMER_BIT), timer_perms) else {
+        libkos::println!("terminal: no timer, exiting");
+        syscall::exit();
+    };
+    if !display::subscribe(DISPLAY, notify, Badge::new(KEYS_BIT)) {
         libkos::println!("terminal: no input focus, exiting");
         syscall::exit();
-    };
-    let Some(timer) = syscall::create_notification().ok().filter(|t| syscall::bind_notification(*t).is_ok()) else {
-        libkos::println!("terminal: no timer notification, exiting");
-        syscall::exit();
-    };
+    }
     let (w, h) = display::get_dimensions(DISPLAY);
     display::clear(DISPLAY, BG);
     let cols = w.raw() as usize / CELL_WIDTH;
     let rows = h.raw() as usize / CELL_HEIGHT;
-    let mut srv = server::TerminalServer::new(Screen { keys, timer }, cols, rows);
+    let mut srv = server::TerminalServer::new(Screen { notify, timer }, cols, rows);
     server_framework::serve(&mut srv, EP)
 }

crates/servers/terminal-server/src/server.rs

@@ -17,10 +17,17 @@ pub trait Console {
     fn flush_later(&mut self);
     /// Blocks until a key is typed: a byte, `\n` for Enter, 8 for Backspace.
     fn next_key(&mut self) -> u8;
+    /// A key already typed, without waiting.
+    fn poll_key(&mut self) -> Option<u8>;
+    /// Takes input focus back from whoever took it, and clears the screen.
+    fn take_focus(&mut self);
+    fn interrupt(&mut self, notification: CapSlot);
 }
 
 pub const BACKSPACE: u8 = 8;
 const MAX_LINE: usize = 256;
+/// Keys typed while no line is being read, kept for the next one.
+const TYPEAHEAD: usize = 64;
 
 pub struct TerminalServer<C: Console> {
     console: C,
@@ -30,6 +37,10 @@ pub struct TerminalServer<C: Console> {
     line_len: usize,
     line_read: usize,
     flush_pending: bool,
+    typeahead: [u8; TYPEAHEAD],
+    typeahead_len: usize,
+    /// Told about Ctrl+C typed while no line is being read.
+    on_interrupt: Option<CapSlot>,
 }
 
 /// An empty reply, whose tag is not text.
@@ -50,6 +61,9 @@ impl<C: Console> TerminalServer<C> {
             line_len: 0,
             line_read: 0,
             flush_pending: false,
+            typeahead: [0; TYPEAHEAD],
+            typeahead_len: 0,
+            on_interrupt: None,
         };
         s.redraw();
         s.console.flush();
@@ -60,6 +74,11 @@ impl<C: Console> TerminalServer<C> {
         &self.console
     }
 
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub fn console_mut_for_test(&mut self) -> &mut C {
+        &mut self.console
+    }
+
     pub fn grid(&self) -> &Grid {
         &self.grid
     }
@@ -88,13 +107,52 @@ impl<C: Console> TerminalServer<C> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Edits a line from the keyboard, echoing it, until Enter.
+    /// A key typed ahead, or the next one.
+    fn next_key(&mut self) -> u8 {
+        if self.typeahead_len == 0 {
+            return self.console.next_key();
+        }
+        let key = self.typeahead[0];
+        self.typeahead.copy_within(1..self.typeahead_len, 0);
+        self.typeahead_len -= 1;
+        key
+    }
+
+    /// Keys typed while nobody reads a line: Ctrl+C interrupts, the rest
+    /// wait for the next line.
+    fn keys_arrived(&mut self) {
+        while let Some(key) = self.console.poll_key() {
+            if key == types::terminal::CTRL_C {
+                self.typeahead_len = 0;
+                self.write(b"^C\n");
+                if let Some(n) = self.on_interrupt {
+                    self.console.interrupt(n);
+                }
+            } else if self.typeahead_len < TYPEAHEAD {
+                self.typeahead[self.typeahead_len] = key;
+                self.typeahead_len += 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Edits a line from the keyboard, echoing it, until Enter. Ctrl+C
+    /// drops it and reads as an empty line.
     fn read_line(&mut self) {
         self.console.flush();
+        // Flushed now; a flush timer still running is harmless.
+        self.flush_pending = false;
         self.line_len = 0;
         self.line_read = 0;
         loop {
-            match self.console.next_key() {
+            match self.next_key() {
+                types::terminal::CTRL_C => {
+                    self.line[0] = b'\n';
+                    self.line_len = 1;
+                    for &b in b"^C\n" {
+                        self.grid.put(b);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
                 b'\n' => {
                     self.line[self.line_len] = b'\n';
                     self.line_len += 1;
@@ -148,9 +206,23 @@ impl<C: Console> Server for TerminalServer<C> {
         Done
     }
 
-    fn handle_call(&mut self, _badge: usize, words: [usize; 4], _cap: Option<CapSlot>) -> ([usize; 4], Option<libkos::syscall::Give>) {
+    fn handle_call(&mut self, _badge: usize, words: [usize; 4], cap: Option<CapSlot>) -> ([usize; 4], Option<libkos::syscall::Give>) {
         let reply = match words[0] {
             types::terminal::READ => self.read(),
+            types::terminal::REDRAW => {
+                self.console.take_focus();
+                self.grid.touch_all();
+                self.redraw();
+                self.console.flush();
+                [0; 4]
+            }
+            types::terminal::ON_INTERRUPT => match (cap, self.on_interrupt) {
+                (Some(n), None) => {
+                    self.on_interrupt = Some(n);
+                    [0; 4]
+                }
+                _ => [MALFORMED, 0, 0, 0],
+            },
             types::terminal::CLEAR => {
                 self.handle(Request::Clear);
                 [0; 4]
@@ -166,10 +238,15 @@ impl<C: Console> Server for TerminalServer<C> {
         (reply, None)
     }
 
-    /// The flush timer: show a burst of output in one frame.
-    fn signal(&mut self, _bits: usize) {
-        self.flush_pending = false;
-        self.console.flush();
+    /// Keys, or the flush timer: show a burst of output in one frame.
+    fn signal(&mut self, bits: usize) {
+        if bits & types::terminal::KEYS_BIT != 0 {
+            self.keys_arrived();
+        }
+        if bits & types::terminal::TIMER_BIT != 0 {
+            self.flush_pending = false;
+            self.console.flush();
+        }
     }
 }
 

crates/servers/terminal-server/src/tests/server.rs

@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@ extern crate std;
 
 use crate::server::{BACKSPACE, Console, TerminalServer};
 use server_framework::Server;
+use std::vec;
 use std::vec::Vec;
+use types::bounded::CapSlot;
 use types::log::{text_of, text_words};
+use types::terminal::{CTRL_C, KEYS_BIT, TIMER_BIT};
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct Fake {
     keys: Vec<u8>,
+    /// Typed while nobody reads a line.
+    typed: Vec<u8>,
     flushes: usize,
     timers: usize,
+    focus_taken: usize,
+    interrupted: Vec<CapSlot>,
 }
 
 impl Console for Fake {
@@ -24,6 +31,15 @@ impl Console for Fake {
     fn next_key(&mut self) -> u8 {
         self.keys.remove(0)
     }
+    fn poll_key(&mut self) -> Option<u8> {
+        (!self.typed.is_empty()).then(|| self.typed.remove(0))
+    }
+    fn take_focus(&mut self) {
+        self.focus_taken += 1;
+    }
+    fn interrupt(&mut self, notification: CapSlot) {
+        self.interrupted.push(notification);
+    }
 }
 
 fn term(keys: &[u8]) -> TerminalServer<Fake> {
@@ -45,7 +61,7 @@ fn writes_land_on_the_grid_and_flush_once_per_burst() {
     }
     assert_eq!(&t.grid().row(0)[..11], b"hello world");
     assert_eq!((t.console().timers, t.console().flushes), (1, before));
-    t.signal(1);
+    t.signal(TIMER_BIT);
     assert_eq!(t.console().flushes, before + 1);
 }
 
@@ -68,3 +84,62 @@ fn backspace_on_an_empty_line_does_nothing() {
     let mut t = term(&[BACKSPACE, b'x', b'\n']);
     assert_eq!(read(&mut t), b"x\n");
 }
+
+fn line_of(t: &mut TerminalServer<Fake>) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut line = read(t);
+    while line.last() != Some(&b'\n') {
+        line.extend(read(t));
+    }
+    line
+}
+
+fn on_interrupt(t: &mut TerminalServer<Fake>, slot: u8) -> usize {
+    t.handle_call(1, [types::terminal::ON_INTERRUPT, 0, 0, 0], CapSlot::new(slot)).0[0]
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn ctrl_c_while_a_program_runs_interrupts_it() {
+    let mut t = term(&[]);
+    assert_eq!(on_interrupt(&mut t, 7), 0);
+    t.console_mut_for_test().typed = vec![b'x', CTRL_C];
+    t.signal(KEYS_BIT);
+    assert_eq!(t.console().interrupted, [CapSlot::new(7).unwrap()]);
+    assert_eq!(&t.grid().row(0)[..2], b"^C");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn only_the_first_interrupt_notification_is_taken() {
+    let mut t = term(&[]);
+    assert_eq!(on_interrupt(&mut t, 7), 0);
+    assert_ne!(on_interrupt(&mut t, 8), 0);
+    t.console_mut_for_test().typed = vec![CTRL_C];
+    t.signal(KEYS_BIT);
+    assert_eq!(t.console().interrupted, [CapSlot::new(7).unwrap()]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn keys_typed_ahead_start_the_next_line() {
+    let mut t = term(b"s\n");
+    t.console_mut_for_test().typed = b"l".to_vec();
+    t.signal(KEYS_BIT);
+    assert!(t.console().interrupted.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(line_of(&mut t), b"ls\n");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn ctrl_c_drops_the_line_being_typed() {
+    let mut t = term(&[b'r', b'm', CTRL_C, b'l', b's', b'\n']);
+    assert_eq!(on_interrupt(&mut t, 7), 0);
+    assert_eq!(line_of(&mut t), b"\n");
+    assert!(t.console().interrupted.is_empty(), "nothing runs to interrupt");
+    assert_eq!(line_of(&mut t), b"ls\n");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn redraw_takes_focus_back_and_paints_every_row() {
+    let mut t = term(&[]);
+    t.handle_call(1, text_words(b"hi"), None);
+    t.handle_call(1, [types::terminal::REDRAW, 0, 0, 0], None);
+    assert_eq!(t.console().focus_taken, 1);
+    assert_eq!(&t.grid().row(0)[..2], b"hi");
+}

crates/types/src/lib.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub mod id;
 pub mod input;
 pub mod log;
 pub mod macros;
+pub mod manifest;
 pub mod mapping;
 pub mod permission;
 #[cfg(kani)]

crates/types/src/manifest.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+//! A program's manifest, `/bin/<name>.manifest`: what it needs beyond the
+//! terminal and the storage every program gets. Lines of `needs = a, b`;
+//! `#` starts a comment. No manifest means nothing more.
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub struct Needs {
+    /// Draws on the screen itself and takes input focus.
+    pub display: bool,
+}
+
+/// A line or need the parser does not know: the program asks for
+/// something nobody can say it may have, so it should not run.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Unknown<'a>(pub &'a [u8]);
+
+pub fn parse(text: &[u8]) -> Result<Needs, Unknown<'_>> {
+    let mut needs = Needs::default();
+    for line in text.split(|b| *b == b'\n') {
+        let line = line
+            .split(|b| *b == b'#')
+            .next()
+            .unwrap_or(&[])
+            .trim_ascii();
+        if line.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let mut sides = line.splitn(2, |b| *b == b'=');
+        let (key, value) = (sides.next().unwrap_or(&[]).trim_ascii(), sides.next());
+        let (b"needs", Some(value)) = (key, value) else {
+            return Err(Unknown(line));
+        };
+        for need in value
+            .split(|b| *b == b',')
+            .map(<[u8]>::trim_ascii)
+            .filter(|n| !n.is_empty())
+        {
+            match need {
+                b"display" => needs.display = true,
+                other => return Err(Unknown(other)),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(needs)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn needs_are_read_and_comments_skipped() {
+        let text = b"# snake\nneeds = display  # the screen\n\n";
+        assert_eq!(parse(text), Ok(Needs { display: true }));
+        assert_eq!(parse(b""), Ok(Needs::default()));
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"needs = "), Ok(Needs::default()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn anything_unknown_is_refused() {
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"needs = display, network"), Err(Unknown(b"network")));
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"wants = display"), Err(Unknown(b"wants = display")));
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"display"), Err(Unknown(b"display")));
+    }
+}

crates/types/src/spawn.rs

@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ mod tests {
             notifications: 3,
             regions: 255,
         };
-        let (name, len, back) = parse(request(b"hello.elf", l).unwrap()).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(&name[..len], b"hello.elf");
+        let (name, len, back) = parse(request(b"bin/hello", l).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&name[..len], b"bin/hello");
         assert_eq!(back, l);
     }
 

crates/types/src/start_arg.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const CONSOLE_SHIFT: u32 = 0;
 const LOG_SHIFT: u32 = 8;
 const STORAGE_SHIFT: u32 = 16;
 const ARGS_BIT: usize = 1 << 24;
+const DISPLAY_SHIFT: u32 = 32;
 
 /// Where the arguments page sits: the program's arguments, NUL separated,
 /// the first its name. Below the stack, which ends at the image.
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ pub struct StartArg {
     pub log: Option<CapSlot>,
     pub storage: Option<CapSlot>,
     pub args: bool,
+    /// The display server, for a program that draws on the screen.
+    pub display: Option<CapSlot>,
 }
 
 fn field(arg: usize, shift: u32) -> Option<CapSlot> {
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ impl StartArg {
             | put(self.log, LOG_SHIFT)
             | put(self.storage, STORAGE_SHIFT)
             | if self.args { ARGS_BIT } else { 0 }
+            | put(self.display, DISPLAY_SHIFT)
     }
 
     pub fn decode(arg: usize) -> Self {
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ impl StartArg {
             log: field(arg, LOG_SHIFT),
             storage: field(arg, STORAGE_SHIFT),
             args: arg & ARGS_BIT != 0,
+            display: field(arg, DISPLAY_SHIFT),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -61,6 +66,7 @@ mod tests {
             log: CapSlot::new(63),
             storage: CapSlot::new(5),
             args: true,
+            display: CapSlot::new(7),
         };
         assert_eq!(StartArg::decode(a.encode()), a);
         assert_eq!(StartArg::decode(0), StartArg::default());

crates/types/src/terminal.rs

@@ -5,3 +5,15 @@
 /// the line's last chunk ends with `\n`. Blocks until a line is entered.
 pub const READ: usize = 10;
 pub const CLEAR: usize = 11;
+/// Repaints the whole screen and takes input focus back, after a program
+/// that drew on the screen itself.
+pub const REDRAW: usize = 12;
+/// Carries a notification the terminal signals on Ctrl+C while no line is
+/// being read. Accepted once.
+pub const ON_INTERRUPT: usize = 13;
+/// What Ctrl+C types.
+pub const CTRL_C: u8 = 3;
+
+/// The terminal's notification bits: keys from the display, its flush timer.
+pub const KEYS_BIT: usize = 1 << 1;
+pub const TIMER_BIT: usize = 1 << 2;

disk/bin/snake.manifest

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# What snake needs beyond the terminal and storage.
+needs = display

disk/docs/shell.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-The shell runs a program by asking init to load it (init alone may
+The shell runs /bin/<name> by asking init to load it (init alone may
 create processes), then gives the program the terminal as its output
 and a read-only storage grant to the current directory, writes its
 arguments onto a page it moves into the program, starts it and waits
-for it to die. Then it takes the grant back.
+for it to die. Then it takes the grant back. Ctrl+C kills it.
 
-Built-ins: help, echo, clear, cd, pwd. Anything else is a program on
-disk: `name args...` runs name.elf.
+A program that needs more says so in /bin/<name>.manifest, e.g.
+`needs = display` for snake, which then gets the screen and keyboard
+until it quits. A need the shell does not know, it refuses to run.
+
+Built-ins: help, echo, clear, cd, pwd.

disk/readme.txt

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ this file reached your screen because the shell handed `cat` the
 terminal and read-only access to this directory, and nothing else.
 
 Try:  ls        cd docs        cat shell.txt        cat ../readme.txt
+      ls bin    snake (q quits)    sleep 30, then Ctrl+C

docs/ipc.md

@@ -116,12 +116,21 @@ font. Its output side is the log protocol (`types::log`), so a program whose
 log endpoint is the terminal prints there with `println!`: standard output
 is whatever text endpoint a program was given. `READ` (`types::terminal`)
 blocks until a line is typed and returns it in chunks, the last ending in
-`\n`. The desktop is the shell, given the terminal, storage and a spawn
-allowance. A command that is not a built-in runs `name.elf`: the shell
-spawns it, gives it a call-only copy of the terminal (as its log, so its
-output) and a read-only storage grant to the shell's current directory
-(`cd`, `pwd`), writes its arguments page, starts it, waits for its death
-and releases the grant.
+`\n`. Ctrl+C there drops the line. Keys typed while no line is read are
+kept for the next one, except Ctrl+C, which signals the notification its
+first `ON_INTERRUPT` caller gave. `REDRAW` repaints the screen and takes
+input focus back.
+
+The desktop is the shell, given the terminal, storage, the display and a
+spawn allowance. Programs live in `/bin`, without extensions. A command
+that is not a built-in runs `/bin/name`: the shell spawns it, gives it a
+call-only copy of the terminal (as its log, so its output) and a read-only
+storage grant to the shell's current directory (`cd`, `pwd`), writes its
+arguments page, starts it, waits for its death (Ctrl+C kills it) and
+releases the grant. `/bin/name.manifest` (`types::manifest`) asks for more:
+`needs = display` gets the display (`StartArg::display`), with which the
+program takes focus; the shell has the terminal redraw once it is gone. A
+need the shell does not know, it refuses to run.
 
 Only init holds `ProcessCreate`. Everyone else runs programs through init's
 spawn service (`types::spawn`, client `libkos::spawn`), which init serves

scripts/make-disk-image.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Builds the k-os disk: one ext4 filesystem holding every program init may
-# start. Init and storage themselves are packed into the kernel image.
+# start, in /bin. Init and storage themselves are packed into the kernel image.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 IMG="${IMG:-boot.img}"
@@ -17,31 +17,33 @@ trap 'rm -rf "${ROOT}"' EXIT
 copy() {
     local src="$1" dst="$2"
     if [ -f "${BUILD_DIR}/${src}" ]; then
-        cp "${BUILD_DIR}/${src}" "${ROOT}/${dst}"
+        cp "${BUILD_DIR}/${src}" "${ROOT}/bin/${dst}"
     fi
 }
 
-copy echo               "echo.elf"
-copy snake              "snake.elf"
-copy display-qemu       "display.elf"
-copy input-qemu         "input.elf"
-copy log-server         "log.elf"
-copy permission-manager "permis.elf"
-copy session-server     "session.elf"
-copy terminal-server    "terminal.elf"
-copy shell              "shell.elf"
-copy cat                "cat.elf"
-copy ls                 "ls.elf"
-# Files that ship on the disk.
+mkdir -p "${ROOT}/bin"
+copy echo               echo
+copy snake              snake
+copy display-qemu       display
+copy input-qemu         input
+copy log-server         log
+copy permission-manager permission
+copy session-server     session
+copy terminal-server    terminal
+copy shell              shell
+copy cat                cat
+copy ls                 ls
+copy sleep              sleep
+# Files that ship on the disk, programs' manifests among them.
 cp -r disk/. "${ROOT}/"
 # Only the test image: its presence makes init run the self-test.
 if [ -n "${SMPTEST:-}" ]; then
-    copy smptest   "smptest.elf"
-    copy spawntest "spawntst.elf"
-    copy hello     "hello.elf"
+    copy smptest   smptest
+    copy spawntest spawntest
+    copy hello     hello
 fi
 
 rm -f "${IMG}"
 mkfs.ext4 -q -F -b 4096 -L k-os -O "${FEATURES}" -d "${ROOT}" "${IMG}" "${SIZE}"
 echo "=== ${IMG}: ext4, ${SIZE} ==="
-ls -1 "${ROOT}"
+ls -1 "${ROOT}" "${ROOT}/bin"