PiClaw v2.6.9 — The Cat Returns

PiClaw v2.6.9 — "The Cat Returns"

A terminal graphics patch: Kitty images get translated for the web terminal, imgcat learns protocol selection, and the dependency stack moves forward because apparently even cats now have transport preferences.

Features

• The web terminal now translates Kitty terminal graphics, so image output has a fighting chance of appearing where humans can see it instead of being treated as decorative escape-code confetti.
• imgcat now supports protocol selection, because one image-printing command was not enough; naturally we needed a tiny diplomatic corps for terminal graphics protocols.

Under the hood

• Terminal session, terminal pane, and core terminal vendor coverage were expanded around Kitty graphics handling and image-output behaviour.
• imgcat now has dedicated tests, which is sensible given that “just print the image in the terminal” has somehow become an interoperability seminar.
• Earendil packages were bumped to 0.79.6, keeping the shared runtime current and ensuring any upstream surprises arrive wearing a newer hat.
• Classic web bundles were rebuilt for the terminal graphics patch.

Known issues

• Terminal image protocols remain terminal image protocols, which is to say half specification, half folklore, and half “works on my terminal”; yes, that is three halves.
• This improves Kitty graphics handling in the web terminal; it does not make every terminal application’s image output aesthetically defensible.

Upgrade

• Upgrade normally; no migration step is required.
• If terminal image output now behaves less like occult punctuation, that is intentional.