dotfiles VS viu

If you're on MacOS an imgcat tool pairs well with an imgpbcopy tool like this:

https://github.com/williamcotton/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/im...

Then creating a shell function like:

  imgc() {

I started down this path sometime last year with Crafting Interpreters and I’ve gotten obsessed with this entire world since. I wrote a little language [0] using Python Lex Yacc a couple of months ago at work because I wanted an awk-like way to quickly make graphs/charts from the CLI. Then I wrote a parser-as-a-type in TypeScript [1] for the same grammar.

My plan was to take a look at OCaml for future tinkerings with parsers, but man, F# is already looking very familiar between TypeScript and Lex/Yacc-like things.

Thanks for this post, I think I might have a new favorite language in the oven!

[0] https://github.com/williamcotton/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/pl...

[1] https://github.com/williamcotton/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/pl...

I've been using viu, which is also written in Rust: https://github.com/atanunq/viu

How does imgcatr compare?

Viu was last updated 5 months ago, imgcatr 3 months ago, not a significant difference. imgcatr is a longer name than viu, requiring more keystrokes to type.

https://github.com/atanunq/viu

Terminal image viewer with native support for iTerm and Kitty

in another terminal i sourced and installed a terminal image viewer. this was before i knew the image was gone. anyways, the one i picked is called "viu" (github).

Lastly, yeah, i discovered after that some tools already does this, like viu, i just did not search with the right keyword when i was looking for one. By looking at the simplicity of the tool it was kinda obvious i was not the first person coming with this idea anyway.

Viu works in Alacritty on Plasma Wayland for me.

fzf-lua with ueberzug or viu