Py-ueberzug

Jul 20, 2023

Draw images on terminals with X11 child windows

Ɯberzug is a command line util which allows to draw images on terminals by using child windows.

Advantages to w3mimgdisplay

  • no race conditions as a new window is created to display images
  • expose events will be processed,
  • so images will be redrawn on switch workspaces
  • tmux support excluding multi pane windows
  • terminals without the WINDOWID environment variable are supported
  • chars are used as position - and size unit
  • no memory leak / unlimited cache


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