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I love the idea of experimenting with graphical output on the console. I've seen images and vidoes running on the terminal (not a terminal emulator) using "fram
by perlgeek 15y ago
I love the idea of experimenting with graphical output on the console. I've seen images and vidoes running on the terminal (not a terminal emulator) using "framebuffer" consoles.
Sadly that typically only worked in full-screen mode.
If somebody wrote an ordinary terminal emulator that allowed pixel graphics as part of the normal text flow, and created an easy API for programs to use it, I'd be very happy.
TermKit looks cool, but I fear I'm too old-fashioned to move away from ordinary shell in such large steps.
- djhworld 15y agoI think this guy should look into implementing something like this as a compromise.
- wladimir 15y agoNo, he shouldn't be making compromises at all. He's rightfully aiming at making the shell of the future. Features to comfort people that are stuck in their current ways can easily be backported in later, as we know how they work since the 70's.
- jrockway 15y agoI agree. I think it can be easily implemented as a slight modification to a standard terminal: bind some UNIX socket, announce the address in an environment variable, and then accept connections and commands from applications that are interested in enhancing their output.