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@@ -269,10 +269,20 @@ Key design differences from images: - **Required**: Emacs >= 27.1, a supported terminal (Kitty/WezTerm/Ghostty for Kitty backend; foot/Konsole/xterm/mlterm/mintty for Sixel) -- **Required for Sixel**: a Sixel encoder on PATH -- `img2sixel` - (libsixel, recommended) or ImageMagick (`magick`/`convert`). - Override via `kitty-gfx-sixel-encoder-program'; bound by - `kitty-gfx-sixel-encoder-timeout' (default 5s). +- **Required for Sixel**: a Sixel encoder on `PATH`. + - **Strongly recommended**: `img2sixel` from libsixel (~2.2x smaller + payload, ~10x faster than ImageMagick on the same input). Critical + inside tmux, where every refresh re-emits the full DCS payload -- + using ImageMagick there leads to visible flicker. + - **Fallback**: ImageMagick 7 (`magick`) or 6 (`convert`). Works, + just slower. + - Auto-detect order: `img2sixel` > `magick` > `convert`. Override + via `kitty-gfx-sixel-encoder-program' (nil = auto, string = pin). + - With **no** encoder on `PATH`, the Sixel backend silently produces + no output and logs `no encoder found` (set `kitty-gfx-debug' to + surface this). Always verify with `just sixel-encoder' before + diagnosing rendering bugs. + - Bounded by `kitty-gfx-sixel-encoder-timeout' (default 5s). - **Optional for Kitty**: ImageMagick for non-PNG formats and pixel-accurate sizing - **Optional for typst preview**: `typst` CLI on PATH (used by `kitty-gfx-typst-preview`) |