[HN Gopher] Notcurses 2.4
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       Notcurses 2.4
        
       Author : marcodiego
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2021-09-06 19:39 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
       | > The terminal is now extensively (but efficiently) queried on
       | startup. Some properties are derived from the results.
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       | > Eventually, this will be expanded to eliminate our reliance on
       | TERM and dependence on terminfo.
       | 
       | So they're doing feature detection? I didn't know that was
       | possible for terminals, but if it is then it does seem like a
       | nice step forward. Of course, it seems like such an obvious
       | improvement that I'm curious why it hasn't happened before (i.e.
       | why is everyone else still depending on TERM?)
        
       | sprash wrote:
       | I like the very entertaining and thorough documentation. However
       | this just shows that FOSS GUI programming is in such a dire state
       | that people have to resort to TUIs because it is so much _easier_
       | to develop for and to deploy.
        
         | yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
         | Is that really a FOSS issue?
        
       | quotemstr wrote:
       | Something like this has been sorely needed. terminfo has simply
       | failed to keep up with modern terminal features, and propagating
       | new terminfo database entries to remote systems has been a
       | challenge. The combination has been a stagnation of terminal
       | programs combined with hacky ad-hoc feature detection or non-
       | TERM-based, non-portable feature signaling.
        
       | mrlonglong wrote:
       | This looks cool, gonna kick the tyres and take it for a spin
        
       | fnord77 wrote:
       | just brew installed it and ran their demo.
       | 
       | impressive!
       | 
       | 41% rust :thumbup:
        
         | merb wrote:
         | > 41% rust :thumbup:
         | 
         | which is only a wrapper library/bindings.
        
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