Subj : Re: xbin
To   : echicken
From : Ragnarok
Date : Tue Mar 08 2022 12:19:30

El 8/3/22 a las 07:04, echicken escribió:
>    Re: xbin
>    By: MRO to Digital Man on Mon Mar 07 2022 21:28:46
> 
>   MR> okay i used windows paint and saved as monocrome.
> 
>   MR> i know years ago deuce was working on displaying image files like jpgs but
>   MR> they were in a separate window. it would be nice if syncterm could display
>   MR> a png in the client the way it can display these xb files.
> 
>   MR> looks like this format requires a lot of image tweaking and has a lot of
>   MR> limitations. that's probably why it wasnt widely used.
> 
> He added support for sixel around the same time. I don't remember the limitations of the format, but you get colours and decent looking images. Should be possible to find conversion utilities online.
> 
> I think there's a demo of it on my BBS immediately upon connection if you're using a high enough SyncTERM version. (An image will show up before the login menu appears.)
> 
> The display function I'm using is like this, where 'fn' is a string, path to a sixel file:
> 
> load('cterm_lib.js');
> 
> function show_sixel(fn) {
>   if (console.cterm_version >= 1189) {
>    var image = new File(fn);
>    if (image.exists) {
>     if (image.open("rb", true)) {
>      var readlen = console.output_buffer_level + console.output_buffer_space;
>      readlen /= 2;
>      console.clear();
>      while (!image.eof) {
>       var imagedata=image.read(readlen);
>       while (console.output_buffer_space < imagedata.length) {
>        mswait(1);
>       }
>       console.write(imagedata);
>      }
>      image.close();
>      return true;
>     }
>    }
>   }
>   return false;
> }
>    
very nice! i see you color image from your bbs. I will try on mine!

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