donut

My simplified and extended attempt at Andy Sloane's cute donut.

donut.mp4

build for linux

• dependencies: ncursesw, xdotool
• steps:
  1. modify zoom.h to adjust zoom commands for your terminal (default is for out-of-box alacritty)
  2. run make
  3. move the built binary donut to one of your $PATH

usage

• dependencies: a terminal emulator that supports emoji and MANY times of zoom out so that emojis can be morphed into pixels. It works at least in both out-of-box alacritty and unpatched st.
• use:
  1. run donut
  2. zoom in or zoom out or resize the terminal to your liking
  3. q to quit

other notes

• two opitons to zoom:
  1. press j to zoom out and k to zoom in: some delay (blank screen in the video) but no flickering
  2. directly zoom out or zoom in using your terminal commands: no delay but with discernible flickering
• non-emoji: patch non-emoji.diff in the irrelevant folder if emoji is not needed
• memory: when the terminal is zoomed out, the memory usage for alacritty increases while remains almost fixed for st; alacritty offers faster performance than st at certain 'tiny-font' levels.