Thank you for the proposal. We didn't add this on purpose. Ctrl+C is the correct way to stop a remote shell. If you run `q()` on a remote node, it will stop the remote node, bringing production down. If that's what you want, type System.stop. :)
*José Valimhttps://dashbit.co/ <https://dashbit.co/>* On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM Benjamin Philip < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Currently the common way to exit iex is C-c C-c (Ctrl + c Ctrl + c). erl > on the otherhand supports the q() helper, short for init:stop(): > > Erlang/OTP 28 [erts-16.0.2] [source] [64-bit] [smp:12:12] [ds:12:12:10] > [async-threads:1] [jit:ns] > Eshell V16.0.2 (press Ctrl+G to abort, type help(). for help) > 1> q(). > ok > 2> % > > It would be great if we could introduce the same helper to iex. > > – bp > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAMEXYWerue9T_inV-fmmxx4Kpi%3Dj-pFAC9yXujbu3SS7HXaNfA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAMEXYWerue9T_inV-fmmxx4Kpi%3Dj-pFAC9yXujbu3SS7HXaNfA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4J9SyPZjLS8wS-4Tr%3DCG85s1pZ7mMZz3RQTwxLcx7xKtA%40mail.gmail.com.
