Subj : xbin
To   : echicken
From : MRO
Date : Wed Mar 09 2022 00:51:56

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

 >   Re: xbin
 >   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.
 >
 > Conversion on demand is probably the way to go, and doable with existing
 > command line utilities (eg. img2sixel). I'd have it produce copies for each
 > terminal size it encounters and reuse those files later. An at-code could
 > invoke the converter/loader and then display the image, and the sysop
 > wouldn't have to think beyond dropping the PNG somewhere on disk.
 >
 > There's no technical reason SyncTERM couldn't show a PNG directly, but I
 > doubt if that'll ever happen (for a variety of reasons).

that's too bad because sixel is very limited.
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