Subj : xbin
To   : Digital Man
From : MRO
Date : Tue Mar 08 2022 03:53:04

  Re: xbin
  By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Mar 07 2022 08:37 pm

 >  > it didnt turn out great. probably because of the white bg
 >  > https://i.imgur.com/oBJJopW.png
 >
 > I think you need to start with a better image.
 >


better how?  i used a screenshot of an ansi file.  should i make it so the
bg isnt white?

 > It's call Sixel, it displays in the same window.
 >
 >  > i think that would be a big game changer for the client.
 >
 > It's been there for several years now. Check dura-bbs.net:6359 if you want
 > to see some cool stuff being done with both SyncTERM fonts and Sixel from an
 > Apple ][.
 >

yeah that looks cool.  when deuce first showed me syncterm working with images it had a separate window popup.  does sixel take png files?

that's what i was talking about, not xbin files

 >  > looks like this format requires a lot of image tweaking and has a lot of
 >  > limitations. that's probably why it wasnt widely used.
 >
 > XBin images are compatible with SyncTERM 1.0. That's it's main feature.
 > <shrug> --

so why didn't my image convert correctly? i had it saved as monochrome and changed the resolution so it was divisable by 8.

what do i have to do to an image to get it to display correctly.

also  you said :
 >  > i know years ago deuce was working on displaying image files like jpgs
 >  > but they were in a separate window.  it would be nice if syncterm could
 >  > display a png in the client the way it can display these xb files.
 >
 > It's call Sixel, it displays in the same window.

so can syncterm display jpgs and other images? png would be better because of the colors.

thanks,
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