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write_gif uses suspended phantomjs as backend

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asciicast::write_gif() requires phantomjs. However that project is disconncted. So I think that asciicast::write_gif() should change backend. Maybe it could be changed to [jsdom](https://github.com/jsdom/jsdoml) I tried to install the static build...

MartinMSPedersen

There are many ways to set parameters, and it is not entirely clear what the best way is. The knitr engine is especially messy. E.g. you can pass `options` to...

gaborcsardi

This is tricky, because the output JSON must be UTF-8. So ideally we would re-encode the output in UTF-8 in the embedding process. Maybe we can use the iconv instance...

gaborcsardi

Do we want built-in functionality for this? This seems to work: ```r cast

gaborcsardi

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Might not be simple with the current setup.

gaborcsardi

Like `asciinema play`.

gaborcsardi

I.e. SVG, HTML widget or terminal (once implemented). Choose automatically based on environment.

gaborcsardi

And I guess another function to download it.

gaborcsardi

Would be nice.

gaborcsardi

Makes the file smaller and simpler.

gaborcsardi