PySixel 0.0.9

Make SIXEL color graphics supported by some terminal emulators(DECTerm/RLogin/mlterm/tanasinn/xterm)

Install

via github

$ git clone https://github.com/saitoha/PySixel.git
$ cd pysixel
$ python setup.py install

or via pip

$ pip install PySixel

Usage

Command line tool:

$ sixelconv [options] filename

or

$ cat filename | sixelconv [options]

• Options:

  -h, --help                                            show this help message and exit
  -8, --8bit-mode                                       Generate a sixel image for 8bit terminal or printer
  -7, --7bit-mode                                       Generate a sixel image for 7bit terminal or printer
  -r, --relative-position                               Treat specified position as relative one
  -a, --absolute-position                               Treat specified position as absolute one
  -x LEFT, --left=LEFT                                  Left position in cell size, or pixel size with unit 'px'
  -y TOP, --top=TOP                                     Top position in cell size, or pixel size with unit 'px'
  -w WIDTH, --width=WIDTH                               Width in cell size, or pixel size with unit 'px'
  -e HEIGHT, --height=HEIGHT                            Height in cell size, or pixel size with unit 'px'
  -t ALPHATHRESHOLD, --alpha-threshold=ALPHATHRESHOLD   Alpha threshold for PNG-to-SIXEL image conversion
  -c, --chromakey                                       Enable auto chroma key processing
  

Code Example

import sixel
writer = sixel.SixelWriter()
writer.draw('test.png')

Dependency

• Python imageloader module https://pypi.python.org/pypi/imageloader
• Python Imaging Library (PIL) http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

Reference

• Chris_F_Chiesa, 1990 : All About SIXELs ftp://ftp.cs.utk.edu/pub/shuford/terminal/all_about_sixels.txt

• Netpbm http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/

  It includes ppmtosixel command http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/ppmtosixel.html

• vt100.net http://vt100.net/