#!python3 # This script encodes a PNG file using the kitty image protocol import sys from base64 import standard_b64encode def serialize_gr_command(**cmd): payload = cmd.pop('payload', None) cmd = ','.join('{}={}'.format(k, v) for k, v in cmd.items()) ans = [] w = ans.append w(b'\033_G'), w(cmd.encode('ascii')) if payload: w(b';') w(payload) w(b'\033\\') return b''.join(ans) def write_chunked(**cmd): data = standard_b64encode(cmd.pop('data')) while data: chunk, data = data[:4096], data[4096:] m = 1 if data else 0 sys.stdout.buffer.write(serialize_gr_command(payload=chunk, m=m, **cmd)) sys.stdout.flush() cmd.clear() with open(sys.argv[-1], 'rb') as f: write_chunked(a='T', f=100, data=f.read())