What you're describing is a graphical shell. If you want it over the network, we have a protocol for that, it's called X. Misusing a terminal for this is fundamentally pointless.
replyNope. X is too slow to be useful except on local networks, and alternatives like FreeNX or xpra are difficulty and janky to set up. Also X is dying so you really mean something like waypipe or worse (which also jankily failed to run some external command when I last tried it).
replyBut I don't want that anyway. I want something graphical that's actually integrated into the terminal.
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Probably not running over a network. Also I'm not seeing anything GUI-like.
replyHow about this then: https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel
replySixels are hilariously inefficient. Think "motion xpm".
replyBut it's running over a network. I'm not sure what you're asking for otherwise.
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