Full reset (RIS)

Category: reset · Tags: ECMA-48 Standard, VT100 · Specification ↗

RIS (Reset to Initial State) performs a complete terminal reset. The sequence is ESC c. This resets all modes, clears the screen, resets scroll regions, restores default character sets, clears tab stops, and resets cursor position and attributes. Equivalent to power-cycling the terminal. The reset command in most shells sends RIS.

Supported by 6 of 6 backends (100%)

Support Matrix

Backend	Version	Support	Notes
Alacritty	0.26.0	✓ yes
Ghostty	1.3.1	✓ yes
Kitty	0.40.0	✓ yes
vt100	0.1.0	✓ yes
WezTerm	0.1.0-fork.5	✓ yes
xterm.js	5.5.0	✓ yes

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