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Show HN: Fabulous: Print images in terminal with Python

19 points by jart 10y ago

batat 10y ago
There's standalone utility catimg (https://github.com/posva/catimg https://github.com/posva/catimg) written in C. It supports animation and 2x "retina" resolution using unicode symbols. Here's blog post about it: http://posva.net/shell/retro/bash/2013/05/27/catimg/ http://posva.net/shell/retro/bash/2013/05/27/catimg/
- erlehmann_ 10y ago
  Does the text in that blog post look very blurry for anyone else?
  - daleroberts 10y ago
    No, looks fine for me (Retina display). For those that are interested, I've also released my approach to imagery in the terminal (Python): https://github.com/daleroberts/tv https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
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    - jart 10y ago
      It would have been nice if you chose a font size where the blocks were aligned, when representing your hiptext comparison. I would also be happy to accept pull requests from you, adding true color support to hiptext.
      - daleroberts 10y ago
        Any recommendations for the font size? I'm just using standard Menlo Regular 11. I didn't want to do hiptext any injustice.
    - erlehmann_ 10y ago
      I found the reason in the CSS, “text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;”. Can you see the blur if you change the background-color to #fff?
jart 10y ago
I spent a lot of time resurrecting this project with a major overhaul. This should be OK by Show HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html The project was basically dead for the past six years. You couldn't even install it with pip before. So you can barely say it existed it all. Now it's polished up with documentation, CI testing, clear kosher licensing, and ready to be used by actual people. Thank you for allowing me to share this with the community.
- Hortinstein 10y ago
  great job keeping stuff like this current...it is sad to think how many promising projects might get lost due to inability of the original devs to maintain them. Sorry if i missed it, but does it support python 2.X and 3.X?
  - jart 10y ago
    It currently only supports 2.X: https://github.com/jart/fabulous/blob/master/.travis.yml https://github.com/jart/fabulous/blob/master/.travis.yml But I can make it support 3.X if you need that.
    - brianwawok 10y ago
      You should in general just to support Python3... the more people that support it, the better for the ecosystem.
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jamiesonbecker 10y ago
This is quite cool - far beyond termcolor, for instance.
IsmaOlvey 10y ago
Are you planning to support true color? This gist has some information and also tracks adoption in other software packages: https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728 https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728
- jart 10y ago
  I would love to do that. Although I'm hoping the project gets a little traction first. Most of my time is pretty focused on my day job. I will however happily accept pull requests.

19 points by jart 10y ago

batat 10y ago

There's standalone utility catimg (https://github.com/posva/catimg https://github.com/posva/catimg) written in C. It supports animation and 2x "retina" resolution using unicode symbols. Here's blog post about it: http://posva.net/shell/retro/bash/2013/05/27/catimg/ http://posva.net/shell/retro/bash/2013/05/27/catimg/

erlehmann_ 10y ago
Does the text in that blog post look very blurry for anyone else?
- daleroberts 10y ago
  No, looks fine for me (Retina display). For those that are interested, I've also released my approach to imagery in the terminal (Python): https://github.com/daleroberts/tv https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
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  - jart 10y ago
    It would have been nice if you chose a font size where the blocks were aligned, when representing your hiptext comparison. I would also be happy to accept pull requests from you, adding true color support to hiptext.
    - daleroberts 10y ago
      Any recommendations for the font size? I'm just using standard Menlo Regular 11. I didn't want to do hiptext any injustice.
  - erlehmann_ 10y ago
    I found the reason in the CSS, “text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;”. Can you see the blur if you change the background-color to #fff?

jart 10y ago

I spent a lot of time resurrecting this project with a major overhaul. This should be OK by Show HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html The project was basically dead for the past six years. You couldn't even install it with pip before. So you can barely say it existed it all. Now it's polished up with documentation, CI testing, clear kosher licensing, and ready to be used by actual people. Thank you for allowing me to share this with the community.

Hortinstein 10y ago
great job keeping stuff like this current...it is sad to think how many promising projects might get lost due to inability of the original devs to maintain them. Sorry if i missed it, but does it support python 2.X and 3.X?
- jart 10y ago
  It currently only supports 2.X: https://github.com/jart/fabulous/blob/master/.travis.yml https://github.com/jart/fabulous/blob/master/.travis.yml But I can make it support 3.X if you need that.
  - brianwawok 10y ago
    You should in general just to support Python3... the more people that support it, the better for the ecosystem.

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jamiesonbecker 10y ago

This is quite cool - far beyond termcolor, for instance.

IsmaOlvey 10y ago

Are you planning to support true color? This gist has some information and also tracks adoption in other software packages: https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728 https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728

jart 10y ago
I would love to do that. Although I'm hoping the project gets a little traction first. Most of my time is pretty focused on my day job. I will however happily accept pull requests.