Subj : Talisman: bbs_display_sixel
To   : bugz
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Jul 09 2023 08:32 pm

  Re: Talisman: bbs_display_sixel
  By: bugz to Digital Man on Sun Jul 09 2023 10:56 pm

 > -=> Digital Man wrote to Apollo <=-
 >
 >  DM>   Re: Talisman: bbs_display_sixel
 >  DM>   By: Apollo to apam on Sat Jun 10 2023 05:12 pm
 >
 >  > As an aside, my Syncterm doesn't work with Sixel. (I'm using Curses mode,
 >  > so perhaps I need to do the xterm -ti 340 for the Sixel to work under
 >  > Syncterm?)
 >
 >  DM> SyncTERM in non-graphics modes (e.g. curses or ANSI) doesn't do
 >  DM> graphics (e.g. RIP, Sixel). That's expected. --
 >  DM>                                             digital man (rob)
 >
 > Should SyncTERM send the cterm response that it supports Sixel when
 > in curses mode?

I don't think so.

 > I didn't expect it to say it supported it, when
 > it didn't (or more specifically couldn't).

I agree.

 > Is this a detection issue?  Is there a better way to detect Sixel support
 > in SyncTERM?  (Or is the answer -- just don't use curses mode?!)

Better than what?
I use CTDA query and I think that works correctly:
https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/blob/master/exec/load/cterm_lib.js
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                                            digital man (rob)

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