On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 08:25:23PM +0000, opal hart wrote:
> On Sat, 22 May 2021 15:10:02 +0200
> Страхиња Радић <contact_AT_strahinja.org> wrote:
>
> > Speaking as (thus far) just a user of suckless programs and someone who supports
> > suckless philosophy, it comes down to: why should this protocol be supported?
> > There isn't a significant number of existing suckless programs that need
> > supporting this protocol
>
> Suckless software isn't a void separate from the rest of the world, and
> the "suckless philosophy" is constantly inconsistent with its own
> beliefs. Your underlying point that little (if any) software supports
> this protocol may be correct though.
>
Constantly inconsistent in what way?
> > As for the terminal emulator kitty which is using it, it does include a number
> > of unnecessary features. Why would a terminal emulator need OpenGL?
>
> Of all the issues I have with kitty, GPU acceleration is not one of
> them.
>
> > Its job is to just allow terminal I/O.
>
> And display it.
>
> > It should work on older hardware, and on systems where OpenGL isn't
> > or cannot be installed.
>
> There are plenty of other terminal emulators for systems where it would
> be impractical to install kitty.
>
> > As far as the attitude of the developer behind it, I have seen examples of him
> > locking proposals or bug reports on kitty's Github page when they don't match
> > his vision, disregarding arguments. It might be irrelevant, but in the
> > hypothetical case of presenting that protocol to a standards body, maybe not.
>
> You're on a mailing list for opinionated software to ... complain about
> other opinionated software?
>
> I really hope you understand how poorly you have been arguing. While I
> believe it is pointless to support "yet another" set of terminal
> control sequences, it's barely for the reasons you gave. And if anyone
> does want to support this protocol, it would be better done in an
> optional feature patch or a fork.
>
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Kind regards,
Hiltjo
Received on Sun Jun 20 2021 - 23:35:25 CEST