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Regarding sixels: a bad standard is still better than no standard at all, a better terminal protocol for a pixel framebuffer, controllable via ASCII sequences w
by flohofwoe 3y ago
Regarding sixels: a bad standard is still better than no standard at all, a better terminal protocol for a pixel framebuffer, controllable via ASCII sequences would indeed be a good thing.
> it's smart enough to run a more reasonable protocol than sixel. like, it can run tcp/ip and x11.
...at the cost of an incredibly bloated software stack. Sixels just need the equivalent of a VGA framebuffer and would also work on Linux installations that don't boot into a windowing system.
- kragen 3y agono, ascii sequences are the wrong tool for blitting pixels into your framebuffer there is no point in looking for a 'better standard' for pounding nails with mashed potatoes i've definitely run tcp/ip on a lot of things that don't boot into a windowing system or even have framebuffers at all