[Feature request] No-X build

Swordfish90 / cool-retro-term

A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display...

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[Feature request] No-X build #618

Open vanfanel opened 3 years ago

vanfanel commented 3 years ago

Hi there

This is a project that could very well fit as a TTY console without an X server running. Just imagine an instant power-on system that goes from loading the kernel to cool-retro-term! Would be just beautiful, wouldn't it?

But depending on QT doesn't make it easy I guess..

alexmyczko commented 3 years ago

googling for qt framebuffer has some pointers...

i know sdl and gnustep have non-x backends.

frnco commented 3 years ago

I may be wrong but I believe you'd either need something like at least a partial X/Wayland/Display-thing to reproduce the effects, or patching the kernel. Even if I'm wrong, this is a whole project in and on itself, so it seems pretty unlikely to happen in the near future. Though it may be good to leave this open as it could inspire someone to tackle this.

superkartoffel commented 2 years ago

I think this comment could be related. https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/issues/327#issuecomment-326799983 I could not test it, because the original source is not available at the moment, but it seems to load the qml directly without an xserver on a raspberry pi.