On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 08:25:23PM +0000, opal hart wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 2021 15:10:02 +0200 > Страхиња Радић <cont...@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. > > -- > wowaname <https://wowana.me/pgp.xht> -- Kind regards, Hiltjo
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