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You could get better resolution in some terminals by using sixels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixel I think there's some

You could get better resolution in some terminals by using sixels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixel I think there's some other methods in particular terminals for displaying images, but I don't remember them.

warbled_tongue 2y ago
Yeah, but this is in rust.
- ramon156 2y ago
  Huh?
martijnarts 2y ago
You could also probably detect the terminal you're in and use some of their advanced features, like the image protocol in iTerm2[0] or the terminal graphics protocol[1]. 1 also lists alternative programs that do this! [0]: https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html [1]: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/ https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/
- hnlmorg 2y ago
  This is how murex works too https://github.com/lmorg/murex/blob/master/config/defaults/profile_any.mx#L683 https://github.com/lmorg/murex/blob/master/config/defaults/p...
dale_glass 2y ago
And kitty has icat, which just has image support: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/icat/ https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/icat/ I'm really confused about how is it that we're in 2024, Linux is open source from top to bottom, and we're still messing around with rendering images in ASCII. I really wish there was some interest in doing a modern, graphical console. UTF8, antialiasing, graphics, the works.
- eptcyka 2y ago
  X is literally that.
  - mxuribe 2y ago
    Would you kindly clarify? Did you mean Xterm?
    - Tmpod 2y ago
      I believe they meant X.org, the graphical stack used by most graphical Linux systems.
  - baq 2y ago
    > modern um. I guess the rest applies, but...
  - IshKebab 2y ago
    It's not though. You have to fiddle around with ports and servers and environment variables. But a drawing API is clearly not the way modern graphics works best. What would be really cool is a terminal that supported low latency streaming video. Then you can do proper GUI apps using any rendering system they want and it will properly integrate with ssh.
    - ranger_danger 2y ago
      Xsixel
      - IshKebab 2y ago
        > You have to fiddle around with ports and servers and environment variables.
- hnlmorg 2y ago
  I’m working on exactly that :)

warbled_tongue 2y ago

Yeah, but this is in rust.

ramon156 2y ago
Huh?

martijnarts 2y ago

You could also probably detect the terminal you're in and use some of their advanced features, like the image protocol in iTerm2[0] or the terminal graphics protocol[1]. 1 also lists alternative programs that do this! [0]: https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html [1]: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/ https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/

hnlmorg 2y ago
This is how murex works too https://github.com/lmorg/murex/blob/master/config/defaults/profile_any.mx#L683 https://github.com/lmorg/murex/blob/master/config/defaults/p...

dale_glass 2y ago

And kitty has icat, which just has image support: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/icat/ https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/icat/ I'm really confused about how is it that we're in 2024, Linux is open source from top to bottom, and we're still messing around with rendering images in ASCII. I really wish there was some interest in doing a modern, graphical console. UTF8, antialiasing, graphics, the works.

eptcyka 2y ago
X is literally that.
- mxuribe 2y ago
  Would you kindly clarify? Did you mean Xterm?
  - Tmpod 2y ago
    I believe they meant X.org, the graphical stack used by most graphical Linux systems.
- baq 2y ago
  > modern um. I guess the rest applies, but...
- IshKebab 2y ago
  It's not though. You have to fiddle around with ports and servers and environment variables. But a drawing API is clearly not the way modern graphics works best. What would be really cool is a terminal that supported low latency streaming video. Then you can do proper GUI apps using any rendering system they want and it will properly integrate with ssh.
  - ranger_danger 2y ago
    Xsixel
    - IshKebab 2y ago
      > You have to fiddle around with ports and servers and environment variables.
hnlmorg 2y ago
I’m working on exactly that :)