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1718627440 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The terminal of the future

> terminal which can shows images, videos, and other media

That is typically not the job of terminals, but of programs. fbi, omxplayer, etc exist.

jcgl 9 months ago [–]

But the terminal can provide capabilities that allow shell programs to do those things. See e.g. the Kitty graphics protocol: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/

1718627440 9 months ago | [–]

Yes.

> fbi, omxplayer, etc exist.

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