Canop/broot

Image rendering not "full quality" on Wezterm

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#509 opened on Feb 20, 2022

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Description

I tried previewing .pngs on Broot using Wezterm on Windows and while Wezterm offers HD image previews with its imgcat function, Broot displays a poor image preview (blocky image preview). On Windows (WezTerm)

Whereas WezTerm's imgcat is much sharper: image

What am I missing, since the website mentions that Wezterm supports clear images here?

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Research direction
Investigate why Broot's image preview is lower quality than WezTerm's imgcat. Compare the image rendering methods: Broot likely uses the `image` crate and sends terminal escape sequences, while WezTerm's imgcat uses a different protocol or higher resolution. Look at Broot's preview module in `src/preview/` and examine how images are encoded and transmitted. Check if Broot is downscaling or using a lossy format. Also explore WezTerm's documentation for its imgcat implementation to see if there's a supported higher quality approach that Broot could adopt.
Tech stack
rust
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