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Re:WezTerm is a GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emul... by incrudible on Monday March 13, 2023 @03:21PM (#35141036)
Actually they were, before 3D acceleration became a thing, 2D acceleration was a thing.
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Re:WezTerm is a GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emul... by layer8 on Monday March 13, 2023 @04:53PM (#35142408)
The 2D acceleration wasn’t called GPU at the time though. That denomination only started with 3D acceleration.
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Re:WezTerm is a GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emul... by incrudible on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @05:22AM (#35149013)
The name may have changed, but the task of blitting remained with GPUs. They are good at it.
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