On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 15:45 +0100, Matthias Kramm wrote: > Hi All, > > now this is a bit off topic, but I'm looking for an X11 > console which can display images intermingled in the normal > text flow. > > The following mockup gives a rough idea of what I'm looking for: > http://www.quiss.org/files/gfxterminal.png > . > > That is, I'm looking for a terminal emulator where I can insert special > color graphic escape sequences into the serial stream, which are then > displayed by the x11 console as graphics at the current text > position. > > I'd be grateful for any hints about whether something like this already > exists somewhere, or ideas on how to implement it (maybe using some > console with plugin capabilities, or something like this).
Ok so a long time ago there were these things called (text) terminals that were inherently text-based. Then along came these whiz-bang things called X terminals which were like the other terminals but could display graphics. They did make some GUI software/libraries for these X things, but to keep compatibility with the old text-based stuff they created software called "terminal emulators". Hope this helps. -a -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
