I spent the last couple days putting together a sixel image browser in Javascript for Synchronet. It lists a menu of directories containing image files. When the user selects one, it calls Imagemagick to convert the selected image to sixel format, and then displays the resulting sixel to the user. Imagemagick conversion is pretty quick, depending on the size and complexity of
the image being converted.

The mod requires SyncTERM. If a user runs it in a terminal other than SyncTERM,
it offers a polite error message and quits.

For now I have it set up on my board to browse through stuff like the GIFs Galore CD and the Earth Science pictures of the day from fsxNet. So now users needn't necessarily download files from the board in order to view them.

I expect I'll spend more time giving it some more polish, but it's available in
my doors menu if anyone wants to come try it out.

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On 20 Jun 2022, Codefenix was ranting the following...

I spent the last couple days putting together a sixel image browser in Javascript for Synchronet. It lists a menu of directories containing
image files. When the user selects one, it calls Imagemagick to convert the selected image to sixel format, and then displays the resulting
sixel to the user. Imagemagick conversion is pretty quick, depending on the size and complexity of the image being converted.

I just saw your video demo of your custom sixel browser on the "BBS World" Discord. Killer stuff! That's a lot of sixel content you got there. :D
I'm looking to build a custom sixel gallery mod in a few days too. Thanks for sharing. I'll log on later to see your new mod first hand.


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Re: Re: Sixel Gallery @ ConstructiveChaos BBS
By: Smooth to Codefenix on Tue Jun 21 2022 01:51 am

That's a lot of sixel content you got there. :D

And thanks to a daily feed of stuff from fsxNet, there's always new images available. :)

I might look into pulling an "image of the day" from various websites to do more of the same.

Also had the idea of enhancing my news reader to detect image URLs in RSS feeds
and give the option to download, convert, and display those too.

looking to build a custom sixel gallery mod in a few days too.

Very cool! Looking forward to trying it out when it's ready!

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I spent the last couple days putting together a sixel image browser i Javascript for Synchronet. It lists a menu of directories containing image files. When the user selects one, it calls Imagemagick to conve the selected image to sixel format, and then displays the resulting sixel to the user. Imagemagick conversion is pretty quick, depending the size and complexity of the image being converted.

I just saw your video demo of your custom sixel browser on the "BBS
World" Discord. Killer stuff! That's a lot of sixel content you got there. :D I'm looking to build a custom sixel gallery mod in a few days too. Thanks for sharing. I'll log on later to see your new mod first hand.

Where is that located? I'd like to take a peak, fenix.



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Re: Re: Sixel Gallery @ ConstructiveChaos BBS
By: paulie420 to Smooth on Tue Jun 21 2022 08:11 pm

Where is that located? I'd like to take a peak, fenix.

Telnet over to conchaos.synchro.net, my dude. You'll find it in my doors menu.

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On 21 Jun 2022, Codefenix was ranting the following...

Very cool! Looking forward to trying it out when it's ready!

I'm not sure if you've dropped by yet but my sixel gallery is up on iNK tWO. :D


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Re: Re: Sixel Gallery @ ConstructiveChaos BBS
By: Smooth to Codefenix on Sat Jun 25 2022 09:43 am

I'm not sure if you've dropped by yet but my sixel gallery is up on iNK tWO. :D

I did check it out! Solid work as always, would expect nothing less from iNK tWO.

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On 26 Jun 2022, Codefenix was ranting the following...

I'm not sure if you've dropped by yet but my sixel gallery is up on i tWO. :D

I'm looking to setup multiple galleries (ANSI/ASCII/Sixel). I still haven't setup any ANSI or ASCII galleries on iNK tWO. I'll probably start doing that this week.


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