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Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics

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Re: Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics

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Post by Wololooo »

bcjdjsndon wrote: post #49
noelwelsh wrote: post #46

I like this. No reason the terminal should only support text. Data science notebooks show one way the terminal can evolve. Lots of interesting stuff happening in this space, with Kitty probably being the most aggressive innovator here [1]. I'm not sure there is an overall vision, though. [1]: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/protocol-extensions/

Terry A Davis already did this. It was as crazy then as it is now

Obligatory Temple OS unhinged video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o48KzPa42_o

Joking apart, the whole thing was both an exercise in madness and genius. Sometimes I wonder what he would have done if he had not gone crazy. We will never know...

Re: Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics

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Post by the_other »

noelwelsh wrote: post #46

I like this. No reason the terminal should only support text. Data science notebooks show one way the terminal can evolve. Lots of interesting stuff happening in this space, with Kitty probably being the most aggressive innovator here [1]. I'm not sure there is an overall vision, though. [1]: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/protocol-extensions/

Mix this 3d graphics, with data science notebooks, with local LLMs, and perhaps an integrated coding harness, with visibility over your personal data and you’d have something absurdly good.

This might overtake “a haiku+macOS mashup” as my idealised computing future.

Re: Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics

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Post by sublinear »

noelwelsh wrote: post #46

I like this. No reason the terminal should only support text. Data science notebooks show one way the terminal can evolve. Lots of interesting stuff happening in this space, with Kitty probably being the most aggressive innovator here [1]. I'm not sure there is an overall vision, though. [1]: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/protocol-extensions/

> push the state of terminal emulators forward

What's overlooked here are the insane political and economic forces that were required to get anywhere close to the (sort of!) consistent implementation of plain text we have today. These projects try to piggyback off that success yet only contribute back harm. We have standards for a reason.

I'm not saying people can't have fun, but don't try to start a cyberpunk-inspired revolution and then blame the side effects of groupthink and software rot on everyone else when it goes sideways.

Re: Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics

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Post by a96 »

2ndorderthought wrote: post #45
panzi wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What use cases do you see?

Checking 3d models in a directory inside my terminal to see what's what without opening an application and clicking 100 times.

.. over ssh. In a tmux. After disconnecting and reconnecting.
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