This is way cooler than I expected.

It's an over-the-top animation of a terminal cursor moving from position to position, helps notice where it moved to. I thought it'll be something about mouse cursor animations. I could see myself using this if a) I was using more TUI apps and b) it'd be toned down quite a bit.

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jasonjmcghee 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think was popularized by Neovide

https://neovide.dev/features.html#animated-cursor

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nine_k 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Here it's less dramatic and hence more useful.

I wish more terminals implemented something similar.

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tombh 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Author here, I just chose the fire cursor for the demo. There are lots of other shaders available, eg https://github.com/KroneCorylus/ghostty-shader-playground/tr..., they have a simple smear cursor like Neovide's.

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nine_k 7 days ago | parent [-]

The fire is perfect for the demo, and for screencasts maybe.

	▲	throwanem 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		Strong second.

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smohare 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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danieldk 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Kitty also supports them with the cursor_trail option: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#opt-kitty.cursor_trail

	▲	thebeardisred 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		As a kitty user, I'll have to try this out. Thanks!

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echelon 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I never knew this was a thing.

This is so fucking cool. I'm going to add this right away.

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tombh 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The home page has GIFs of both a simpler smear-fade cursor and a wilder manga-slash cursor https://tattoy.sh

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rendaw 6 days ago | parent [-]

Where? I only see the fire one too.

	▲	ldjb 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Under the Animated Cursors heading. Here are direct links to the webms if you still can't find them: https://tattoy.sh/assets/screenshots/cursor_smear_fade.webm https://tattoy.sh/assets/screenshots/manga_slash.webm

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Rendello 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Reminds me of the old Compiz plugin that would make your windows burst into flames on closing.

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andrepd 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Compiz effects was truly the killer feature for Linux for 12 year old me :)

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Rendello 7 days ago | parent [-]

14 year-old me set up Linux Mint with this LSD Conky display for my grandmother. I said something like "Well technically it's LSD but it looks cool so don't worry about it".

https://github.com/matmutant/LSD-Conky

	▲	eMPee584 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		in hindsight, I do regret not yet being able to supply my <3 grandma with a small dose, might have condoled her senseless fury (dementia rage or so).. RIP

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ckrailo 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If you'd like to scratch that itch... https://github.com/Schneegans/Burn-My-Windows