matplotlib-sixel vs iterm2

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matplotlib-sixel		iterm2
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1	Mentions	18
37	Stars	-
-	Growth	-
10.0	Activity	-
over 5 years ago	Latest Commit	-
Python	Language
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	-

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matplotlib-sixel

Posts with mentions or reviews of matplotlib-sixel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-05.

Show HN: Sixel-tmux displays graphics even if your terminal has no Sixel support
27 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Oct 2021

> it feels more like a toy at the moment
It's not! Gnuplot in the terminal open many new use cases, such as examining data on remote hosts with scripts without even bothering to scp the data first.
Also, Notebooks in the terminal is wonderful!
Check https://github.com/koppa/matplotlib-sixel

iterm2

Posts with mentions or reviews of iterm2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-11.

icons in neotree
1 project | /r/neovim | 1 Jun 2023

What terminal emulator are you using? I have noticed that the latest release of iterm2 has problems rendering glyphs (see this discussion and links therein). I too am having problems displaying any nerd font icon due to the aforementioned.
Tell HN: macOS is degrading fast, and GNU/Linux is now better for most uses
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Feb 2023

Found the bug report related: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/9372
2 things to note:
- This bug has 12 +1s, which suggests it was never very widespread (I could be wrong); and
- Big Sur was 2 major releases ago.
Like I mentioned, I never saw this issue, and had never heard of it despite the fact that probably about half the people I work with use Macs, and I believe nearly all of them use iTerm2.
Iterm2 scrolling choppy
1 project | /r/applehelp | 22 Jan 2023
Getting Started with Tmux
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Dec 2022

I had trouble getting the tmux setup working in iterm.
The main page suggests -CC, but the best practices wiki[0] says to use `-CC new -A -s main`, but this causes iterm to warn that a session is already started and doesn't actually create or reattach like I expected. I also had trouble getting the tmux select-layout to work: when I tried it all my panes just exited with an error. I would like to have iterm behave similarly to Kitty's tall layout[1] which I think is the same thing as tmux's main layout, but haven't figured out how to make it work. Anybody have tips on making these wek?
[0]: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/wikis/tmux-Integration-...
Is iTerm2 Still Maintained?
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Oct 2022

The latest version (v3.4.16) was released 3 months ago.
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/tags/v3.4.16
Tool / workflow recommendations for the terminal
5 projects | /r/commandline | 19 Oct 2022

See https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/6167
Terminal Graphics for the 21st Century
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Sep 2022

I just found this, the synchronized updates spec from iTerm2: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/wikis/synchronized-upda...
Googling for it, it seems some other terminals implement this as well.
What does it mean when the cursor looks like this in iterm (mac)? I can't copy text when it looks this way and I'm not sure how a panel enters this state.
1 project | /r/commandline | 17 Jan 2022

According to https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/8827, this occurs when "reporting is enabled". This means that mouse clicks are reported as special events to the application running in the terminal rather than being handled by the terminal emulator itself. According to https://iterm2.com/documentation-preferences-profiles-terminal.html, you can temporarily disable it by holding down Option.
Opening a file in an existing session or window from command line
3 projects | /r/tmux | 14 Jan 2022

I take it that the main at the end of the command in this screenshot is the name of the session?
Wezterm
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Dec 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing matplotlib-sixel and iterm2 you can also consider the following projects:

mpv - 🎥 Command line video player

sixel-tmux - sixel-tmux is a fork of tmux, with just one goal: having the most reliable support of graphics

vim-tmux-navigator - Seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits

termite - Termite is obsoleted by Alacritty. Termite was a keyboard-centric VTE-based terminal, aimed at use within a window manager with tiling and/or tabbing support.

tilix - A tiling terminal emulator for Linux using GTK+ 3

xserver-SIXEL - A X server implementation for SIXEL-featured terminals, based on @pelya's Xsdl kdrive server(https://github.com/pelya/xserver-xsdl)

tmux - tmux source code

CuteXterm - Sensible defaults for xterm in the 21st century

Tmuxinator - Manage complex tmux sessions easily

mosh-windows-wrappers - Windows native port of Mobile Shell (mosh).

i3-resurrect - Simple solution to saving and restoring i3 workspaces