#### 1.3.1 Starting, stopping, and interrupting Yorick ¶

Start Yorick by typing its name to your terminal emulator. When you are done, use the `quit` function to exit gracefully:

    % yorick
     Yorick ready.  For help type 'help'.
    > quit
    %

You can interrupt Yorick at any time by typing Control-C; this causes an immediate runtime error (see Error Messages). (Your terminal emulator and operating system must be able to send Yorick a SIGINT signal in order for this to work. On UNIX systems, you can set this character using the `intr` option of the `stty` command; Control-C is the usual setting.)