Re: Implementing image support for kitty terminal

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:15:32 +0200 (CEST)
> From: xenodasein--- via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> Are you considering to change the text terminal infrastructure for
> Emacs just to accommodate one wayward desktop app that claims to be
> a terminal and a Kindle at the same time?

Possibly.  However, at least one proposal for implementing that leaves
most of the infrastructure intact.

> Isn't frame handling already Frankenstein-ized enough between mixing
> graphical and text modes?

Not really, no.  Not to such an extreme degree.

> Wouldn't it be better to focus on how to solve that instead;
> supporting singular apps would then become much easier.

If someone comes up with a suggestion for how to refactor the display
code to make its maintenance easier, I think we will welcome that.
But we cannot reject other enhancements because of the complexity of
what we have.  That complexity didn't prevent us from implementing
several display-related enhancements in the recent years, and I don't
see why this particular one should be an exception.