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The xterm terminal emulator can do a lot more than just display text

28 pointsby goranmoominalmost 4 years ago

4 comments

sherralmost 4 years ago
When Thomas E. Dickey [1] stops taking care of Xterm (and much else), it will be the end of an era.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;invisible-island.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;invisible-island.net&#x2F;</a>
skywal_lalmost 4 years ago
It can also display images using sixel [0].<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sixel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sixel</a>
ilakshalmost 4 years ago
My favorite xterm capability is the ability to display Tektronix vector graphics.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;sites.science.oregonstate.edu&#x2F;~landaur&#x2F;nacphy&#x2F;coping-with-unix&#x2F;node140.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;sites.science.oregonstate.edu&#x2F;~landaur&#x2F;nacphy&#x2F;coping-...</a><p>I started combining that with subleq as an experiment in minimalist programming.
hulitualmost 4 years ago
Will be nice to find a program library of examples. It seems that it could do interesting things.