#sixels do “compress” image data by its nature design, #libsixel is highly optimized, on the other side #kittyterminal protocol
Direct transmission (t=d):
RGB/RGBA -> base64 … huge data transfer
RGB/RGBA -> PNG -> base64 … better in size, significant overhead
RGB/RGBA -> zlib compression -> […]
#kittyterminal image protocol is literally unusable on #ssh, and thats the whole point of terminal apps. If we need something we need to improve the #sixels but let’s start with broader support and don’t excuse it is legacy bad protocol, because tbh it works really well even in Microsoft terminal.
How much a #kittyterminal image protocol is deemed as superior to #sixels, it is piece of crap. It breaks color terminal sequences, literally impossible to print image move cursor on location xy and print with sequences colored text on top of image. Or at least it is so complicated close to […]
When I #procrastinate I write #gluecode, when I procrastinate and write glue code, I do really stupid things. I have hijacked headless chromium browser and “render” its output as #sixels. So I have “full” browser In terminal. It’s far from perfect, would like to […]
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Justadude's teletext artwork of a landscape depicting a red and purple building beneath a sky of two gradiented shades of blue.
Justadude offers some #WeeklyTeletextArt with his colourful #landscape piece. Nice work on the clouds!
Prompt: 🔵#Blue + 🏙️#Sky
(I haven't made one for this prompt... yet...)
#teletext #pixelart #1bit #textmode #sixels #pixels #videotext #teletexto
