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Mitchell Hashimoto 9897d6caba libghostty: add GHOSTTY_ENUM_MAX_VALUE sentinel to all C enums 
Pre-C23, the C standard allows compilers to choose any integer type
that can represent all enum values, so small enums could be backed
by char or short. This breaks ABI compatibility with the Zig side,
which backs these enums with c_int.

Define GHOSTTY_ENUM_MAX_VALUE as INT_MAX in types.h and add it as
the last entry in every enum in include/ghostty/vt/. This forces
the compiler to use int as the backing type, matching c_int on all
targets. INT_MAX is used rather than a fixed constant because enum
constants must be representable as int; values above INT_MAX are a
constraint violation in standard C.

Document this convention in AGENTS.md.
2026-04-08 10:34:52 -07:00

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Agent Development Guide

A file for guiding coding agents.

Commands

  • Build: zig build
    • If you're on macOS and don't need to build the macOS app, use -Demit-macos-app=false to skip building the app bundle and speed up compilation.
  • Test (Zig): zig build test
    • Prefer to run targeted tests with -Dtest-filter because the full test suite is slow to run.
  • Test filter (Zig): zig build test -Dtest-filter=<test name>
  • Formatting (Zig): zig fmt .
  • Formatting (Swift): swiftlint lint --strict --fix
  • Formatting (other): prettier -w .

libghostty-vt

  • Build: zig build -Demit-lib-vt
  • Build WASM: zig build -Demit-lib-vt -Dtarget=wasm32-freestanding -Doptimize=ReleaseSmall
  • Test: zig build test-lib-vt -Dtest-filter=<filter>
    • Prefer this when the change is in a libghostty-vt file
  • All C enums in include/ghostty/vt/ must have a _MAX_VALUE = GHOSTTY_ENUM_MAX_VALUE sentinel as the last entry to force int enum sizing (pre-C23 portability).

Directory Structure

  • Shared Zig core: src/
  • macOS app: macos/
  • GTK (Linux and FreeBSD) app: src/apprt/gtk

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  • Never create a PR.
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