Robert Allan JamesandClaude Opus 5
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sk_repl_idle() (called every ~1s from sk_console_readline()'s idle loop) opens with console_ensure_line_start(), which unconditionally forces a newline whenever the console isn't at a line boundary -- including mid-edit, after characters have been typed and echoed but before Enter. This fired on every elapsed SK_IDLE_BEAT_INTERVAL regardless of whether sk_repl_idle() had anything to print, visually snapping the in-progress input line to a fresh empty line -- indistinguishable from Enter having been pressed. Most noticeable on the space key since it's the most common key hit during a pause. Gate the idle beat on n == 0 (no in-progress edit), mirroring the n > 0 guard the prompt reanchor logic just below already uses. Deferring the xhci/block-sync idle service by at most one more interval while a line is being edited is within its own documented "coarse cadence, cheap early-exit" tolerance. Verified: reproduced via QMP send-key against a live amd64 QEMU boot (multi-character line typed with pauses across several idle intervals stayed intact after the fix, where it previously broke on each interval). Re-verified boot to ok> on all three architectures (amd64/aarch64/riscv64) per repo acceptance policy. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
capsules/
FORTH personality files loaded by the VM at boot. A capsule is an immutable, content-addressed payload; its XXHash64 hash is its identity. Any mutation changes the hash and the birth protocol rejects the image.
Key files
| File | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
init.4th |
(m) MAMA_INIT |
Default Mama VM personality — loaded at LBN 2048 |
ACL.4th |
user | Word-level ACL system; self-activating at boot |
zuse.4th |
user | Bootstrap superuser; loaded by ACL.4th |
doe.4th |
user | DoE workload words (EXEC-DOE) — opt-in |
init-0.4th … init-9.4th |
(p) |
Numbered personality variants |
init-l8-*.4th |
(p) |
L8 Jacquard mode variants (stable/volatile/diverse/temporal/transition/omni) |
hermes/init.4th |
(p) |
Hermes baby VM personality |
artemis/init.4th |
(p) |
Artemis baby VM personality |
Block namespace
Block ranges are shared across all loaded capsules — collisions cause silent word-definition overwrites.
| Range | Owner |
|---|---|
| 2048–2099 | init.4th |
| 2100–2199 | doe.4th |
| 3000–3999 | workload capsules |
| 4000+ | user-defined (ACL.4th, zuse.4th, …) |
Each block is limited to 1024 bytes. Verify with wc -c before committing.
See also
experiments/bare_metal/README.md— DoE protocols and block namespace rulesdocs/03-architecture/word-acl/DESIGN.md— ACL system designtools/mkcapsule.c— assembles capsules intocapsule_generated.c- Project root