Subj : Re: Linux syncterm 1.1. Sixel images
To   : All
From : nelgin
Date : Fri Dec 15 2023 00:15:58

On Sat, 9 Dec 2023 04:51:21 -0800
"Captain Morgan" (46:1/104) <Captain.Morgan@f104.n1.z46.fidonet> wrote:

> I didn't know that native linux xterm supports sixel image display.
> 
> xterm -ti 340 -fa "Monospace" -fs 14 (its the -ti 340 switch that
> actually initiates .sixel image rendering), and within that cat a
> .sixel image file and the image is visible. You can use a online
> image converter to convert a png, jpeg or whatever to a .sixel image.
> 
> ... Everyone smiles in the same language.
> 
> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/28 (Windows/32)
>  * Origin: Black Flag <ACiD Telnet HQ> blackflag.acid.org:23
> (46:1/104)

I've been using sixel images on my BBS quite a while now. I use is to
display the NASA image of the day (unless it's a video). You can find
it under Doors > Weather and Space at endofthelinebbs.com
-- 
End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX
telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23

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