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Ghostty terminal is out! (github.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thought out choice but disappointing nevertheless:

My stance for now is that Ghostty will not support sixels.

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/discussions/2496

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What do you think about the Kitty Graphics Protocol?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I like Kitty Graphics. I like graphics in the terminal for two reasons:

integration with MC (midnight commander) style directory browser to show previews of jpegs, pdfs, etc.
w3m web browser. I like being able to use that super-light weight webrowser when working/coding to keep me focused.

Reason (1.) works with Kitty. (2.) does not. (2.) is pretty esoteric so I think sixel will probably die out soon due to the user base?

[–] brax 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I get that Sixel is old AF but is there a new standard or is it just an open sea of fragmentation where everybody picks some branched attempt at doing the same thing and rolls with it instead?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Kitty Graphics Protocol seems to be the new one they're pushing