Kitty terminal can essentially replace a big part of a linux desktop environment, if you want it to. It's infinitely customizable AND has own opinions at the same time.

Also my interactive scrollbar change was recently merged in, so if that was stopping you, you can now replace iTerm on your mac with it :)

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jauntywundrkind 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

My only guess is that this refers to graphical rendering support. https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/

I both see enormous value mixing text and console, and also worry that TUI will overcomplicate and add even more unnecessary embellishment than it already is trending towards? Semi grump opinion. But it feels weird introducing a new canvas.

I do like the idea of graphics being online in a terminal session. Not a captive app experience in a text/graphic UI, but just cli commands that can have some more visual output too.

	▲	wkat4242 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's not exactly new and it solves many problems of the older sixel protocol that stems from the age of DEC terminals way before full colour stuff.
	▲	fluidcruft 3 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Finally a terminal with banner ads support!
	▲	porridgeraisin 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Ghostty supports kitty graphics protocol for those interested.

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GuinansEyebrows 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Kitty terminal can essentially replace a big part of a linux desktop environment, if you want it to. It's infinitely customizable AND has own opinions at the same time.

i'm interested in this idea. can you expand on that? what functionality are you replacing? i don't currently use a DE and i get along pretty well doing most of my work in alacritty and firefox-esr. occasionally i drop into pcmanfm if i need a visual file browser, and i use feh to preview images.

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mmgutz 3 days ago | parent [-]

I'm on wayland. Kitty can be used as a layershell window. So you can build panels, taskbars, etc if you were so inclined. For example, you want fastfetch or htop as a live desktop background? Kitty can do that.

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calvinmorrison 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I'd like to introduce you to conky

	▲	tetris11 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'd like you to check in on our dear friend conky. His door is full of newspapers and no one has checked inside the house for a while.

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GuinansEyebrows 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

oh, i already use lemonbar for that. i was hoping for something a little more interesting than info bars :)

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Blackthorn 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> infinitely customizable

Except for loading your own shaders, which they decided they weren't interested in and wouldn't support.

	▲	matheusmoreira 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		That reminds me I once tried to write a terminal emulator for libretro so I could run it on RetroArch with cool shaders. I had completely forgotten about that project... Pretty weird that kitty wouldn't support custom shaders. It already has GPU rendering so why not.

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Avshalom 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

? what do you think we're doing with our desktop environments?

	▲	unsungNovelty 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What do you think we DON'T DO with our DEs? ;)
	▲	snickerdoodle14 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		run terminals