Subj : xbin
To   : MRO
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Mar 08 2022 19:25:59

  Re: xbin
  By: MRO to Digital Man on Tue Mar 08 2022 03:53 am

 >   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?

More detailed.

 > i used a screenshot of an ansi file.

Why? If you want something as low resolution as CP437 block characters, just use that.

 > should i make it so the bg isnt white?

No, the color doesn't matter so long as it's a single color.

 >  > 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.

I think that was something else, maybe the XuulTerm thing he was working on?

 > does sixel take png files?

You can convert png files to Sixel, yes.

 > 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.

It looks like it did convert correctly, you just used a very low quality source image.

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

Looks like it did to me.

 > 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.

JPGs or PNGs can be converted to Sixel and it'll display them.
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