Tachyonfx: A library for creating shader-like effects in terminal UIs
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1. This isn't for me
2. But some users have completely different expectations/desires
3. There's a place for terminals with features like this alongside standard terminals that remain simple. vi vs. vim vs. neovim come to mind here
3. I could see this being valuable for content creation that features a terminal, where communicating what is happening is more important than the local experience I'd otherwise expect to have while doing daily work
5. This would be even more valuable for narrative/story telling where the goal is to show something that's real while trying to appeal to a broad audience
Not my cup of tea, for the most part, but I can see a place for it.
IMO Rust has some of the best ergonomics (difficulty of getting started with the language aside) for building great CLIs with crates like clap, ratatui and co.
How will that output look if you pipe it or redirect into a file?
How to retain colored output in the pipe, but without those animations/shadows/borders?
If anyone is interested in what a terminot does: https://streamable.com/t5kz2y
Small hacking game: https://streamable.com/q840oc
Source: https://github.com/beef331/keyboardwarrior/blob/master/scree...
Consider my peeve unpeeved :)
But I'm going to add my own nitpick and say that there shouldn't be any gifs. It's a wasteful annoying format. Use a video for it's smaller size, better visuals and it's ability to be paused/played/seeked. An asciinema would be nice too.