matrach / matplotlib-terminal

Matplotlib backend to plot in terminal using matrach/img2unicode
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Support sixel (and other native image displaying protocols) #3

Open matrach opened 2 years ago

matrach commented 2 years ago

This repo is getting more attention that I initially anticipated. Since people actually use the tool, it would be nice to support native image rendering in some terminals (most notably through sixel). Reference of modern terminals capabilities: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/blob/master/TERMINALS.md

Ref: https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel Pure Python: https://pypi.org/project/PySixel/ https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses