Show HN: GNUplot with sixel – Mix images, ANSI colors and plots

Re:Show HN: GNUplot with sixel – Mix images, ANSI colors and... by csdvrx on Friday March 29, 2019 @01:08PM (#19523521)

some terminal emulators support specific formats, but sixel strength is that I don't have to specifically install there emulators.

Also, what if I use an OS where they don't work? (Windows 10?)

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Re:Show HN: GNUplot with sixel – Mix images, ANSI colors and... by thatsaguy on Friday March 29, 2019 @03:25PM (#19524740)

I have nothing against sixel, of course. But to put things in perspective, Sixel support by itself is not great. Definitely more supported than iterm's, but not universal.

But when developing a new program that wants to output graphics to the terminal, OSC1337 is damn easy (you'll likely not need any new dependency or image handling routines), while for sixel you'd probably need libsixel or write your own encoder.

As a developer, I vastly edge towards iterm's handling. (and to be honest, as a user as well. png encoding is faster too!)

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