Subj : xbin
To   : echicken
From : DesotoFireflite
Date : Tue Mar 08 2022 12:53:21

  Re: xbin
  By: echicken to MRO on Tue Mar 08 2022 02:35 pm

 ec> Re: xbin
 ec> By: MRO to echicken on Tue Mar 08 2022 03:56:40

 MR>> would be great if we could use .png files in our bbses but it's
 MR>> probably not possible. that's too bad. 

 ec> Conversion on demand is probably the way to go, and doable with existing
 ec> command line utilities (eg. img2sixel). I'd have it produce copies for
 ec> each terminal size it encounters and reuse those files later. An at-code
 ec> could invoke the converter/loader and then display the image, and the
 ec> sysop wouldn't have to think beyond dropping the PNG somewhere on disk.

 ec> There's no technical reason SyncTERM couldn't show a PNG directly, but I
 ec> doubt if that'll ever happen (for a variety of reasons).

So to show a jpg or png, it has to be converted to sixel first. correct. I'd love to be able to do that with a menu like the Apple bbs refered to does. things sure have come a long way. I will be following this tread.

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