On 1/2/23 12:31, fossy_AT_dnmx.org wrote:
>> Announcing the first public code release of a4, a dynamic terminal...
> I haven't tried it, but looks hot as fuck!
> Why replace ncurses?
> Is it bloated than the ~700 or how-many lines was it, this other lib?
Many reasons. Lexi Summer Hale (
https://xn--rpa.cc/irl/term.html) was
influential. libtickit's better handling of colors was a big driver. The
author, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans, is wonderful to work with, and also
provides libvterm, which is more processing that shouldn't be
implemented individually by every terminal application.
Received on Tue Jan 03 2023 - 01:09:44 CET