CLCloudef·Feb 8, 2024
It is not maintained anymore, but there's termtosvg that still works and does not need javascript or service to render your output https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg
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termtosvg
Record terminal sessions as SVG animations
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Record terminal sessions as SVG animations
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Apart from the obvious feels (I love that movie), the big takeaway from this for me is https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg - makes me think, considering how much I enjoy…
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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In Show HN: gpt-engineer – platform for devs to tinker with AI programming toolsMoving pictures:
https://asciinema.org/
https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs
Still image:
https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg (dead, unknown if usable?)
In A terminal case of LinuxThis is neat tech. I'm only a little bummed that the two options are "text without formatting" and "raster graphics without text data", though. SVG's right there! You can background the raster image and write equivalent text over it.
EDIT: Just remembered this one weird trick, https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg
In Console ScreendumpsApart from the obvious feels (I love that movie), the big takeaway from this for me is https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg - makes me think, considering how much I enjoy creating documentation (sort of as a relaxing technique), why the hell haven't I jazzed up my READMEs yet?!
In Simulating the PIN cracking scene in Terminator 2Based on the SVG markup, termtosvg [1].
1: https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg
In CSS in GitHub ReadmesThere's already https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg for that purpose
In CSS in GitHub ReadmesI use it and it's awesome! It's not just a video, you can copy-paste from it if you want.
Here's another one I want to try for a long time but still haven't (to have a single, animated SVG file, still copy-pastable): https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg .
In Ask HN: Software for producing terminal-based tutorials?GitHub sanitizes SVG animations by removing e.g. embedded JS code but SVG animated with CSS is supported in Markdown files. See for example [1] which contains [2].
[1] https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg/blob/develop/README.md
[2] https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg/blob/develop/docs/exampl...
In Show HN: OneDev – A Lightweight GitLab AlternativeIt's a good idea. I don't have much time for termtosvg these days so I can't promise it'll get implemented but I've opened an issue to remember it [1].
[1] https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg/issues/108
In Asciinema – Record and share terminal sessionsI wrote termtosvg as an alternative [1]. It's a python program that records a shell session as a standalone SVG animation. Animations produced by termtosvg can be embedded in Markdown files or HTML pages.
[1] https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg
In Asciinema – Record and share terminal sessionsRecord terminal sessions as SVG animations
22 points · Open discussionJust like TermToSVG ? https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg
In Carbon – Create images of your source codeI've not had the opportunity to use this project yet, but https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg seems to be another nice alternative. It provides the option of using templates that have playback controls or a progress bar. Also supports copying from the "terminal" like asciinema does.
In Serverless Docker BetaA good solution would be termtosvg[1] styled to look like Sublime Text 3.
[1] https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg
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