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aristocratos
[REQUEST] Synchronized Output (VT sequence)
Hey,
When looking at bpytop, which is a really nice looking top alternative, I feel like it's flickering, especially in the beginning.
One way to mitigate this is to maybe evaluate the use of a newly adopted VT sequence for "Synchronized Output". Please see the spec and adoption status here.
The idea would be very simple, in the beginning of rendering a frame, just send a CSI ? 2026 h, render your frame, then CSI ? 2026 l again to flush the frame. In between of the 2 mode switches, rendering will be deferred.
What do you think?
Oh, nice! Sounds like a great idea. Can see a lot of potential use for this feature, like actual smooth high speed animations in the terminal :) Too bad not many terminals have implemented it yet.
Will add it to bpytop and make sure I add it to the new C++ version I'm currently working on.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Give it time to be more broadly adopted.
I love that you have decided to port to C++. I can't await it. You might want to consider using notcurses for convenient access to advanced terminal features. It also comes with built-in support of synchronized output.
I want to second using notcurses (and adopting the VT sequence) as well as it really would make the difference for any TUI application, especially one like this.
