General rules

Performance: Let Arithmetic vs Arithmetic Expansions

let arithmetic is generally faster than $(()) expansions. The arithmetic expansions should be used for increasing readability, or more complex arithmetic. If speed is important: Multiple let arithmetic statements will tend to be faster than a single arithmetic expansion.

Quoting Rules

• Variables are expanded in double quotes, but not single quotes.
• Braces are expanded when unquoted, but not when quoted.

XDG App Dirs Support

All files created by Ion can be found in their respective XDG application directories. For example, the init file for Ion can be found in $HOME/.config/ion/initrc on Linux systems; and the history file can be found at $HOME/.local/share/ion/history. On the first launch of Ion, a message will be given to indicate the location of these files.