Re: Implementing image support for kitty terminal

[Akib Azmain Turja]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> 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.
>

I don't have any objection if someone implements this, but I think it
would be better to focus on other things (e.g. long lines?, making Emacs
Lisp faster, etc).

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