diff --git a/rust/examples/direct-cursor.rs b/rust/examples/direct-cursor.rs
index 49152f6a0..1394b5b5f 100644
--- a/rust/examples/direct-cursor.rs
+++ b/rust/examples/direct-cursor.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use libnotcurses_sys as nc;
 
 fn main() {
     unsafe {
-        let ncd = nc::ncdirect_start();
+        let ncd = nc::ncdirect_new();
 
         let cols = nc::ncdirect_dim_x(ncd);
         let rows = nc::ncdirect_dim_y(ncd);
diff --git a/rust/examples/direct-image.rs b/rust/examples/direct-image.rs
index b50ca7937..ea5da8e08 100644
--- a/rust/examples/direct-image.rs
+++ b/rust/examples/direct-image.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use libnotcurses_sys as nc;
 
 fn main() {
     unsafe {
-        let ncd = nc::ncdirect_start();
+        let ncd = nc::ncdirect_new();
 
         render_image(&mut *ncd, nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_1x1);
         render_image(&mut *ncd, nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_2x1);
diff --git a/rust/examples/full-text.rs b/rust/examples/full-text.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fee13c995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/examples/full-text.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//use cstr_core::CString;
+
+//use libnotcurses_sys as nc;
+
+fn main() {
+}
+
diff --git a/rust/src/direct.rs b/rust/src/direct.rs
index dad439cc0..1894efa9f 100644
--- a/rust/src/direct.rs
+++ b/rust/src/direct.rs
@@ -40,20 +40,31 @@
 // ncdirect_vline_interp
 
 use crate as nc;
-use nc::types::DirectMode;
+use nc::types::{DirectMode, DirectModeFlags};
 
 extern "C" {
     fn libc_stdout() -> *mut nc::_IO_FILE;
 }
 
-/// A simple ncdirect_init() wrapper
+/// A simple ncdirect_init() wrapper using the default options.
 ///
 /// Initialize a direct-mode notcurses context on the tty.
 ///
 /// Direct mode supports a limited subset of notcurses routines,
 /// and neither supports nor requires notcurses_render(). This can be
 /// used to add color and styling to text in the standard output paradigm.
+///
 /// Returns NULL on error, including any failure initializing terminfo.
-pub unsafe fn ncdirect_start() -> *mut DirectMode {
-    nc::ncdirect_init(core::ptr::null(), libc_stdout(), 0)
+pub unsafe fn ncdirect_new() -> *mut DirectMode {
+    ncdirect_with_flags(0)
+}
+
+/// A simple ncdirect_init() wrapper with optional flags.
+///
+/// `flags` is a bitmask over:
+/// - NCDIRECT_OPTION_INHIBIT_CBREAK
+/// - NCDIRECT_OPTION_INHIBIT_SETLOCALE
+///
+pub unsafe fn ncdirect_with_flags(flags: DirectModeFlags) -> *mut DirectMode {
+    nc::ncdirect_init(core::ptr::null(), libc_stdout(), flags)
 }
diff --git a/rust/src/types.rs b/rust/src/types.rs
index 3f920db42..0ccd16c25 100644
--- a/rust/src/types.rs
+++ b/rust/src/types.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ pub type EGCBackstop = u8;
 ///
 pub type StyleMask = u16;
 
+/// Type alias of ncplane
 // Plane: fundamental drawing surface. unites a:
 //
 // - CellMatrix
@@ -219,53 +220,86 @@ pub type Palette = nc::palette256;
 ///
 pub type IntResult = i32;
 
-///
+
+/// Type alias of ncalign_e
 pub type Align = nc::ncalign_e;
 pub const ALIGN_LEFT: Align = nc::ncalign_e_NCALIGN_LEFT;
 pub const ALIGN_RIGHT: Align = nc::ncalign_e_NCALIGN_RIGHT;
 pub const ALIGN_CENTER: Align = nc::ncalign_e_NCALIGN_CENTER;
 
-///
+
+/// Type alias of ncblitter_e
 pub type Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e;
+
 /// space, compatible with ASCII
 pub const BLIT_1x1: Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_1x1;
+
 /// halves + 1x1 (space)
 /// ▄▀
 pub const BLIT_2x1: Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_2x1;
+
 /// quadrants + 2x1
 /// ▗▐ ▖▀▟▌▙
 pub const BLIT_2x2: Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_2x2;
+
 /// sextants (NOT 2x2)
 /// 🬀🬁🬂🬃🬄🬅🬆🬇🬈🬉🬊🬋🬌🬍🬎🬏🬐🬑🬒🬓🬔🬕🬖🬗🬘🬙🬚🬛🬜🬝🬞🬟🬠🬡🬢🬣🬤🬥🬦🬧🬨🬩🬪🬫🬬🬭🬮🬯🬰🬱🬲🬳🬴🬵🬶🬷🬸🬹🬺🬻
 pub const BLIT_3x2: Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_3x2;
+
 /// four vertical levels
 /// █▆▄▂
 pub const BLIT_4x1: Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_4x1;
+
 /// eight vertical levels
 /// █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁
 pub const BLIT_8x1: Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_8x1;
+
 /// 4 rows, 2 cols (braille)
 /// ⡀⡄⡆⡇⢀⣀⣄⣆⣇⢠⣠⣤⣦⣧⢰⣰⣴⣶⣷⢸⣸⣼⣾⣿
 pub const BLIT_BRAILLE: Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_BRAILLE;
-/// automatic pick
+
+/// the blitter is automatically chosen
 pub const BLIT_DEFAULT: Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_DEFAULT;
+
 /// 6 rows, 1 col (RGB), spotty support among terminals
 pub const BLIT_SIXEL: Blitter = nc::ncblitter_e_NCBLIT_SIXEL;
 
-///
+
+/// Type alias of ncscale_e
 pub type Scale = nc::ncscale_e;
+
 /// Maintain original size
 pub const SCALE_NONE: Scale = nc::ncscale_e_NCSCALE_NONE;
+
 /// Maintain aspect ratio
 pub const SCALE_SCALE: Scale = nc::ncscale_e_NCSCALE_SCALE;
+
 /// Throw away aspect ratio
 pub const SCALE_STRETCH: Scale = nc::ncscale_e_NCSCALE_STRETCH;
 
-///
+
+/// Type alias of ncdirect (direct mode)
 pub type DirectMode = nc::ncdirect;
 
+
+/// Type alias of
+pub type DirectModeFlags = u64;
+
+/// Avoids placing the terminal into cbreak mode (disabling echo and line buffering)
+pub const DIRECTMODE_INHIBIT_CBREAK: DirectModeFlags = nc::NCDIRECT_OPTION_INHIBIT_CBREAK as DirectModeFlags;
+
+/// Avoids calling setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL).
 ///
+/// If the result is either "C" or "POSIX", it will print a diagnostic to stderr,
+/// and then call setlocale(LC_ALL, ""). This will attempt to set the locale based
+/// off the LANG environment variable. Your program should call setlocale(3) itself,
+/// usually as one of the first lines.
+pub const DIRECTMODE_INHIBIT_SETLOCALE: DirectModeFlags = nc::NCDIRECT_OPTION_INHIBIT_SETLOCALE as DirectModeFlags;
+
+
+/// Type alias of notcurses (full mode)
 pub type FullMode = nc::notcurses;
 
-///
+
+/// Type alias of ncinput
 pub type Input = nc::ncinput;