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Comment by taviso

1 day ago

It's fun, but reminds me of a trick using Xvfb.

For example...

    $ Xvfb :7 &
    [1] 21688
    $ xeyes -display :7 &
    [2] 21697
    $ xwd -display :7 -name xeyes -out /dev/stdout | convert xwd:- sixel:-

It looks like this: https://imgur.com/a/Eq2ToVO

Obviously no input though, you would have to use xdotool! The main benefit is that you probably already have all these tools installed :)

Looks like you're on Windows? You can run X apps with XMing, I used to do it years ago. You can run the actual X app and use it, not just get a screenshot.

  • The point is to view it in a terminal (e.g. XTerm, Konsole, etc), of course you can just run it in an X server.