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TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 months ago

Kitty Terminal 0.40.0 introduces the Text Sizing Protocol: "multiple font sizes ... in a backwards compatible, opt-in way"

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Kitty Terminal 0.40.0 introduces the Text Sizing Protocol: "multiple font sizes ... in a backwards compatible, opt-in way"

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Classically, because the terminal is a grid of equally sized characters, only a single text size was supported in terminals, with one minor exception, some characters were allowed to be rendered in...
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    I refuse to support kitty solely based on kovid’s absolutely deplorable attitude. I lost count of the number of people I personally talked to who wanted to contribute but then decided not to after seeing how toxic and abusive they were to users in the github issues.

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      Wow, that’s insufferable of a dev. Thank you, I was considering to switch to kitty, now I know I shouldn’t.

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