Terminal eye candy

ok sorry this thread is causing …uhm.. idk what
ima delete it
:innocent:

seems i can’t delete it
some1 in power pls delete it . i’ll figure it out on my own :+1:

tried that


this is what i get
aaa
beginning to think xfce terminal doesn’t support it
thing is iv’e tried kitty before , it doesn’t even open
i’ll try konsole and see

installed konsole , gives me the same
aaa

just delete this thread please lol i’m not gonna have more headaches over a pic in terminal

Please don’t post pictures, they are too small. Instead, use Ctrl+e and paste output of your errors directly

That’s why I’m leaving fastfetch as it falling out of the box.

oh ya sorry

Error: failed to parse JSON config file /home/jp/.config/fastfetch/config.jsonc at (11, 3): unexpected character, expected a comma or a closing brace
[jp@jp14 ~]$

There’s nothing wrong with Fastfetch. It works fine “out of the box” without configuring

If, however, one wants to tinker; you just need a terminal that supports images (Kitty, Konsole, ̶A̶l̶a̶c̶r̶i̶t̶y̶, etc), the proper fonts/symbols (Nerd fonts/symbols/glyphs), and familiarize yourself with the config for Fastfetch. And if your using Kitty or ̶A̶l̶a̶c̶r̶i̶t̶y̶, familiarizing yourself with those configs can help as well.

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I completely agree with you. However, this issue is simply not important enough for me to spend days on end dealing with it. The only thing that bothers me personally is the icon being placed too high. But again, it’s not really important (to me).

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There are plenty of dotfiles available all over github to create some “rice”.
How to use them properly and adapting to it requires a bit more effort… and that’s the lesson to be learned, I guess.

Alacritty doesn’t support graphics or at least not out of the box its why I had to install kitty for the graphic.

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That is right. I have asked for this several months ago

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@3nd

Take a look here

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/view-images-from-terminal

what i’ve managed so far
cannot get a picture in there no matter what i try

Add this to the top of your Fastfetch config.jonc

{
    "$schema": "https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/raw/dev/doc/json_schema.json",
    "logo": {
        "source": "/home/wombat/Pictures/Linux/EndeavourOS/Logos/EOS_KDE.png",
        "type": "auto",
        "height": 15,
        "width": 35,
        "padding": {
            "top": 2,
            "left": 2,
        }

You’ll need to change the "source" entry to whatever path your image is in. You’ll also need to adjust height/width to your liking. Took me a few minutes initially to have the image the way I want.

The padding "top" and "left" are also as I like. Your choice may be different.

It has been explained that you will need a TERMINAL that supports graphics. The default xfce-terminal does not support graphics. YOU need a Terminal like Kitty.

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@3nd, Terminals that support images use the Terminal Graphics Protocol (also known as the Kitty Graphics Protocol).

Terminals I’m aware of that implement this are, of course, Kitty, as well as Konsole, Ghostty, Warp, Wayst, and WezTerm. There may be others, you’d need to investigate further of none of what I mentioned feels right for you.

I use Kitty. And I LOVE it. But you need to get used to its own config before you get into Fastfetch.

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I am visualizing the most ba**siest, punk-rock, magificent pinnacle of Linux Achievement I could ever..um..endeavour: run one of these fancy conf files thru cool-retro-term with its pulsing tube, its burn-in marks, and horizontal lines.

I will be back.

8wbnfy

the issue your having here is you have in the “modules” Section you have an [ open brace and not a bracket {