Are there escape codes for some of these things? Or most of them? I know you can draw a sixel image but can you shrink it etc. with some escapes read over ssh?
Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
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Re: Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
#22The same primary author just recently published a novel as well. If you enjoy the writing style of the readme/faq you may enjoy it too. Feels like it might be a good vacation read.
midnight's simulacra https://a.co/d/8tcx82V
Re: Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
#23Watched a bit of the demo video. Maybe I'm not the target audience but is this kind of an emacs approach to the terminal, in the sense of trying to put every possible graphical function into a TUI? For me at least the charm of TUIs is their graphical and functional simplicity, and if I wanted complex animations and layering and whatever all else that is I would look elsewhere... still cool though
Re: Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
#24Are there escape codes for some of these things? Or most of them? I know you can draw a sixel image but can you shrink it etc. with some escapes read over ssh?
I dont know, but the vid says terminal support is detected at runtime, and ssh support is mentioned around 1:29 in the video. So eh maybe?
Re: Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
#25The FAQ has some interesting entries: Can I use Notcurses in my closed-source program? Notcurses is licensed under Apache2, a demonstration that I have transcended your petty world of material goods, fiat currencies, and closed sources. Implement Microsoft Bob in it. Charge rubes for it. Put it in your ballistic missiles so that you have a nice LED display of said missile's speed and projected yield; right before imp…
Chaotic neutral
I went to grad school with that guy. He’s a riot.
Re: Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
#26Watched a bit of the demo video. Maybe I'm not the target audience but is this kind of an emacs approach to the terminal, in the sense of trying to put every possible graphical function into a TUI? For me at least the charm of TUIs is their graphical and functional simplicity, and if I wanted complex animations and layering and whatever all else that is I would look elsewhere... still cool though
Demos might seem superficial, but very often in CLI applications, there's this one little thing that if only could be done via bitmap would improve usability by a lot. And it's possible.
Re: Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
#27> If your terminal has an option about default interpretation of "ambiguous-width characters" (this is actually a technical term from Unicode), ensure it is set to Wide, not narrow (if that doesn't work, ensure it is set to Narrow, heh)
lovely!
Re: Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
#28this guy is clearly some sort of genius. i love this so much. incredible.
Re: Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
#29The same primary author just recently published a novel as well. If you enjoy the writing style of the readme/faq you may enjoy it too. Feels like it might be a good vacation read. midnight's simulacra https://a.co/d/8tcx82V
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Re: Notcurses: Blingful character graphics/TUI library
#30The FAQ has some interesting entries: Can I use Notcurses in my closed-source program? Notcurses is licensed under Apache2, a demonstration that I have transcended your petty world of material goods, fiat currencies, and closed sources. Implement Microsoft Bob in it. Charge rubes for it. Put it in your ballistic missiles so that you have a nice LED display of said missile's speed and projected yield; right before imp…
I'm reminded of a similar 'dark' quote from Theo de Raadt in 2001:
"...But software which OpenBSD uses and redistributes must be free to all (be they people or companies), for any purpose they wish to use it, including modification, use, peeing on, or even integration into baby mulching machines or atomic bombs to be dropped on Australia..."[0]