diff --git a/rust/.cargo/config.toml b/rust/.cargo/config.toml
index bfd698fcf..30c4f9094 100644
--- a/rust/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/rust/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ d = "doc --no-deps"
 do = "doc --no-deps --open"
 
 re = "run --example"
+rqe = "run --quiet --example "
+req = "rqe"
 
 # TEST
 # fix IO errors: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/issues/766
diff --git a/rust/src/macros.rs b/rust/src/macros.rs
index 035283cfb..20d3f9c30 100644
--- a/rust/src/macros.rs
+++ b/rust/src/macros.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
-
 use crate::Cell;
 
 // Cell ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -60,4 +59,3 @@ macro_rules! cell_trivial_initializer {
 // #define PREFIXFMT(x) NCMETRICFWIDTH((x), PREFIXCOLUMNS), (x)
 // #define IPREFIXFMT(x) NCMETRIXFWIDTH((x), IPREFIXCOLUMNS), (x)
 // #define BPREFIXFMT(x) NCMETRICFWIDTH((x), BPREFIXCOLUMNS), (x)
-
diff --git a/rust/src/notcurses.rs b/rust/src/notcurses.rs
index 2b6b447a8..c5a568bc1 100644
--- a/rust/src/notcurses.rs
+++ b/rust/src/notcurses.rs
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ use crate::{
     notcurses_init,
     notcurses_stdplane,
     notcurses_stdplane_const,
-    types::{NcAlign, NcInput, NcLogLevel, NcPlane, Notcurses, NotcursesOptions},
-    NCALIGN_CENTER,
-    NCALIGN_LEFT,
+    types::{
+        NcAlign, NcInput, NcLogLevel, NcPlane, Notcurses, NotcursesOptions, NCALIGN_CENTER,
+        NCALIGN_LEFT, NCOPTION_SUPPRESS_BANNERS,
+    },
 };
 
 impl NotcursesOptions {
@@ -104,10 +105,17 @@ impl NotcursesOptions {
     ///
     /// - flags
     ///
-    ///   General flags; see NCOPTION_*. This is expressed as a bitfield so that
-    ///   future options can be added without reshaping the struct.
+    ///   General flags; This is expressed as a bitfield so that future options
+    ///   can be added without reshaping the struct.
     ///   Undefined bits must be set to 0.
     ///
+    ///   - [`NCOPTION_INHIBIT_SETLOCALE`](type.NCOPTION_INHIBIT_SETLOCALE.html)
+    ///   - [`NCOPTION_NO_ALTERNATE_SCREEN`](type.NCOPTION_NO_ALTERNATE_SCREEN.html)
+    ///   - [`NCOPTION_NO_FONT_CHANGES`](type.NCOPTION_NO_FONT_CHANGES.html)
+    ///   - [`NCOPTION_NO_QUIT_SIGHANDLERS`](type.NCOPTION_NO_QUIT_SIGHANDLERS.html)
+    ///   - [`NCOPTION_NO_WINCH_SIGHANDLER`](type.NCOPTION_NO_WINCH_SIGHANDLER.html)
+    ///   - [`NCOPTION_SUPPRESS_BANNERS`](type.NCOPTION_SUPPRESS_BANNERS.html)
+    ///
     pub fn with_all_options(
         loglevel: NcLogLevel,
         margin_t: i32,
@@ -130,13 +138,19 @@ impl NotcursesOptions {
 }
 
 impl Notcurses {
-    /// `Notcurses` simple constructor
+    /// `Notcurses` simple constructor with clean output
     pub unsafe fn new<'a>() -> &'a mut Notcurses {
+        let options = NotcursesOptions::with_flags(NCOPTION_SUPPRESS_BANNERS);
+        &mut *notcurses_init(&options, null_mut())
+    }
+
+    /// `Notcurses` simple constructor, showing banners
+    pub unsafe fn with_banners<'a>() -> &'a mut Notcurses {
         &mut *notcurses_init(&NotcursesOptions::new(), null_mut())
     }
 
     /// `Notcurses` constructor with options
-    pub unsafe fn with_options(options: &NotcursesOptions) -> &mut Notcurses {
+    pub unsafe fn with_options<'a>(options: &NotcursesOptions) -> &'a mut Notcurses {
         &mut *notcurses_init(options, null_mut())
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/src/types/misc.rs b/rust/src/types/misc.rs
index 10befa087..cff8892df 100644
--- a/rust/src/types/misc.rs
+++ b/rust/src/types/misc.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! Miscellaneous types and constants
-//! 
+//!
 
 // error handling --------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/rust/src/types/mod.rs b/rust/src/types/mod.rs
index 645c03219..1a087d502 100644
--- a/rust/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ pub use channel::{
     CHANNEL_ALPHA_MASK,
 };
 pub use misc::{
-    IntResult, PREFIXCOLUMNS, BPREFIXCOLUMNS, IPREFIXCOLUMNS, PREFIXSTRLEN, BPREFIXSTRLEN, IPREFIXSTRLEN
+    IntResult, BPREFIXCOLUMNS, BPREFIXSTRLEN, IPREFIXCOLUMNS, IPREFIXSTRLEN, PREFIXCOLUMNS,
+    PREFIXSTRLEN,
 };
 pub use plane::{
     NCBLIT_1x1, NCBLIT_2x1, NCBLIT_2x2, NCBLIT_3x2, NCBLIT_4x1, NCBLIT_8x1, NcAlign, NcBlitter,
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ pub use plane::{
 };
 pub use terminal::{
     NcDirect, NcDirectFlags, NcInput, NcLogLevel, Notcurses, NotcursesOptions,
-    NCDIRECT_OPTION_INHIBIT_CBREAK, NCDIRECT_OPTION_INHIBIT_SETLOCALE, NCOPTION_INHIBIT_SETLOCALE,
+    NCDIRECT_OPTION_INHIBIT_CBREAK, NCDIRECT_OPTION_INHIBIT_SETLOCALE, NCLOGLEVEL_DEBUG,
+    NCLOGLEVEL_ERROR, NCLOGLEVEL_FATAL, NCLOGLEVEL_INFO, NCLOGLEVEL_PANIC, NCLOGLEVEL_SILENT,
+    NCLOGLEVEL_TRACE, NCLOGLEVEL_VERBOSE, NCLOGLEVEL_WARNING, NCOPTION_INHIBIT_SETLOCALE,
     NCOPTION_NO_ALTERNATE_SCREEN, NCOPTION_NO_FONT_CHANGES, NCOPTION_NO_QUIT_SIGHANDLERS,
     NCOPTION_NO_WINCH_SIGHANDLER, NCOPTION_SUPPRESS_BANNERS, NCOPTION_VERIFY_SIXEL,
 };