alt Hacker NewsI wonder if something like this could work for thumbnails in the terminal; I prefer to browse my filesystem from a terminal rather than the point and click file manager typically, and it would be really useful if I could have a grid-style `ls` with terminal based renders of the 3d models (thinking STL/STEP, 3D printing) in that directory. Bonus points if I could preview/rotate the model to inspect it.
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calvinmorrison • yesterday at 1:13 PM
You can do this with thumbnails using sixels already
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noelwelsh • yesterday at 1:17 PM
eza [1] is a step in that direction. It lacks the interactivity, however.
[1]: github.com/eza-community/eza
Imustaskforhelp • yesterday at 10:35 PM
yazi[0] seems to be able to display images iirc. Does it work for your use-case, hope this helps ya!
as a compromise i started using nemo/n̶a̶u̶t̶i̶l̶u̶s̶ with a plugin that puts a terminal at the bottom of each tab. so i have a graphical view of the terminal but a commandline in the same folder right next to it. the two don't interact other than being able drag and drop filenames from the filemanager into the terminal, so it is far from what we really want, but it's a small start.