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		ux266478 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Terminals should generate the 256-color palette What's the point? If you want a framebuffer, ask the windowing system for one. Why go through a terminal emulator?

amelius 3 months ago [–]

Because this one works through screen/tmux, and works over ssh without messing with DISPLAY variables and such.

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