Why does the cursor flicker around the screen for most of these? Does it have something to do with not double buffering the display?
Some artifact from asciinema maybe. Only shows up in the preview gifs. Needs to be fixed!
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same here
Bash Screensavers v0.0.27 (Mystic Shine) ./screensaver.sh: line 79: mapfile: command not found 1 . (Press ^C to exit) Choose your screensaver: 1 404 Screensaver Not Found: Oh no! Screensaver had trouble! Error code: 1
Seems to be a old version of bash installed and used by default on macos
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Bash Screensavers v0.0.27 (Mystic Shine) ./screensaver.sh: line 79: mapfile: command not found 1 . (Press ^C to exit) Choose your screensaver: 1 404 Screensaver Not Found: Oh no! Screensaver had trouble! Error code: 1
Seems to be a old version of bash installed and used by default on macos
Even after updating still getting the same error
checked active bash version:
echo $BASH_VERSION
5.3.3(1)-release
Re: Show HN: Bash Screensavers
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Bash Screensavers v0.0.27 (Mystic Shine) ./screensaver.sh: line 79: mapfile: command not found 1 . (Press ^C to exit) Choose your screensaver: 1 404 Screensaver Not Found: Oh no! Screensaver had trouble! Error code: 1
Get a Bash that's not ancient. mapfile is there since version 4.0 from 2009.
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#25I've used Emacs for years but just recently learned about zone.el. I wonder if this is based on it too. I see some of the same screensavers here.
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#26I've used Emacs for years but just recently learned about zone.el. I wonder if this is based on it too. I see some of the same screensavers here.
Wow! The copyright of zone.el goes back to 2000. But this is the first time I hear about it! How did you find this gem?
Re: Show HN: Bash Screensavers
#27This reminds me of having a screensaver in DOS.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems to be a old version of bash installed and used by default on macos
Even after updating still getting the same error checked active bash version: echo $BASH_VERSION 5.3.3(1)-release
What's relevant is whether "/usr/bin/env bash" runs the correct one.
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#29Recommendation: Use the terminal control codes 1049h and 1049l [1][2] to keep the terminal 'clean'.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#Control_Seque...
Re: Show HN: Bash Screensavers
#30Gallery of current screensavers: https://github.com/attogram/bash-screensavers/blob/main/gall...
they're generally pretty but they should really hide the cursor, it looks offputting in basically all cases