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Kitty graphics: display
The display/placement action (
a=p) places a previously transmitted image at a screen position. Supports specifying rows/columns, z-index, and cropping. This separation of transmit and display enables efficient re-use — transmit once, place many times.How this is testedautomated
Transmit a test image, then place it with
Transmit a test image, then place it with
a=p. Check for acknowledgment.The same probe runs against headless backends (via Termless) and real terminal apps (via a daemon launched in each terminal). This lets us distinguish parser correctness from rendering correctness.
Analysis2026-04-06
Supported by 6 of 12 terminals (50%). Part of the Rich TUI baseline.
Supported by 7 of 14 backends (50%)
Terminal Applications
| Terminal | Version | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| iTerm2 | 3.6.9 | ✓ yes | |
| Ghostty | 1.3.1 | ✓ yes | |
| Warp | ✓ yes | ||
| Terminal.app | ✓ yes | ||
| VS Code | ✗ no | ||
| Cursor | ✗ no |
Headless Backends
Parser correctness only — a ✓ means the parser accepts the sequence.
| Backend | Version | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitty | 0.40.0 | ✓ yes | |
| vterm | 0.2.0 | ✓ yes | |
| Alacritty | 0.26.0 | ✗ no | Kitty graphics not implemented in alacritty |
| vt100.js | 0.2.1 | ✗ no | Not implemented — pure TypeScript emulator |
| WezTerm | 0.1.0-fork.5 | ✗ no | Kitty graphics not implemented in wezterm-term crate |
| xterm.js | 5.5.0 | ✗ no | Kitty graphics protocol not implemented in xterm.js |