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SIXEL(5)		      File Formats Manual		      SIXEL(5)

NAME
       sixel - SIXEL format

DESCRIPTION
       SIXEL is	a bitmap graphics format for terminals and printers introduced
       by  Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC).  Its data scheme is represented as a
       terminal-friendly escape	sequence.  So if you want to show a SIXEL  im-
       age file, all you have to do is "cat" it	to your	terminal.

       Terminal	requirements:
	    Several	       of	    DEC		  VT	       series,
	    VT240/VT241/VT330/VT340/VT282/VT284/VT286/VT382
	    RLogin (Japanese terminal emulator)
	    tanasinn (Works with firefox)
	    mlterm (Works on each of X,	win32/cygwin and framebuffer version)
	    XTerm (configured with --enable-sixel-graphics and	launched  with
	    "-ti 340" option)
	    yaft / yaftx (Works	on framebuffer / X11 environment)
	    DECterm
	    Kermit for DOS
	    WRQ	Reflection
	    ZSTEM

SEE ALSO
       img2sixel(1), sixel2png(1),

       All About SIXELs, Sep 29, 1990:

	      ftp://ftp.cs.utk.edu/pub/shuford/terminal/all_about_sixels.txt

       Displaying Sixel	Image Files, 2014:

	      http://rullf2.xs4all.nl/sg/doc.html

				 May 21, 2014			      SIXEL(5)

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