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dsanson / termpdf

barebones graphical pdf/djvu/cbr/image viewer that works inside iTerm2 2.9+ and Kitty
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support libsixel as an output format #5

Closed HalosGhost closed 8 years ago

HalosGhost commented 8 years ago

Libsixel is an ANSI-escape compatible library that offers similar functionality to the proprietary inline image format as now used by iTerm2.

It offers true inlining (instead of the GUI hack used by w3imgdisplay), and does not require X11 to function. Ideally, iTerm2 would simply have used sixel instead of creating its own preprietary format, but since it has made its choice, hopefully developers will still choose to support sixel (already implemented by many TEs).

XVilka commented 8 years ago

Interesting standard. Is there any comprehensive list of the terminal emulators supporting it? Something like I've done for TrueColor support: https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728

HalosGhost commented 8 years ago

I'm not sure if there is a comprehensive one, but the repo-maintainer keeps a shortlist

dsanson commented 8 years ago

I have no immediate plans to do this, as I am primarily on OSX, so for now I'm just going to focus on making this work with iTerm. But this would be cool.

HalosGhost commented 8 years ago

@dsanson, I am sorry to hear that, but I understand.