On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 12:01:55AM -0500, Brian Callahan wrote: > > On 12/28/14 23:51, Brian Callahan wrote: > >Hi ports -- > > > >Attached is a new port, x11/libsixel. libsixel is a lightweight, > >fast implementation of DEC SIXEL graphics codec. > > > >pkg/DESCR: > >libsixel is a lightweight, fast implementation of the DEC SIXEL graphics > >codec. It provides an encoder/decoder implementation for DEC SIXEL > >graphics and some converter programs. > > > >SIXEL is an image format for printer and terminal imaging introduced by > >Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC). Its data scheme is represented as a > >terminal-friendly escape sequence. So if you want to view a SIXEL image > >file, all you have to do is "cat" it to your terminal. > >--- > >I've been playing around with img2sixel, one of the programs that > >comes with this package in mlterm on amd64. Seems to work well. > >(One caveat is I haven't been able to get it to work in tmux on > >mlterm.) > > > >I'd be interested if someone could try this out on something that > >uses the mlterm-fb program (luna88k, others?). > > > >OK? > > > >~Brian > > > > I should add that this likely doesn't work on terminals not mlterm. >
Why is interest for this old stuff popping up ? It it purely historical or does it provide some features missing everywhere else ? Support for sixel graphics has also been added in xterm a few month ago, but its not compiled in on OpenBSD. -- Matthieu Herrb
