1.0 roadmap

ImageInTerminal v1.0 will be a game-changer by introducing a better image encoder Sixel.jl and by supporting gif/video display.

We'll start with v0.5, and after living with it for a few months (by fixing potential bugs), move forward to v1.0.

0.5 roadmap

• sixel support #50;
• creates a virtual terminal display for MIME"image/png" #49;
• If needed, properly deprecate imshow/imshow256/imshow24bit (#32);
• set Julia compatibility to 1.6;
• make Sixel a hard dependency.

We can't add VideoIO and Sixel in the current version because we still want to keep Julia 1.0 compatibility for now.

1.0 roadmap

• add ImageShow as dependency and reuse the ImageShow display logic: this will be a breaking change as it will refactor the codes or maybe rewrite the whole imshow logic;
• support play/explore/gif from ImageShow (solve #43);
• support optinal VideoInTerminal here via @require VideoIO ...;
• add VideoIO to ImageInTerminal dependencies.

cc: @Evizero @ianbutterworth

This issue is a broad v1.0 roadmap rather than a single implementation task. Start by reviewing the checked and unchecked roadmap items, especially the proposed ImageShow and VideoIO integrations and related issue #43. A contributor would need a maintainer to split the roadmap into a scoped task before work can be considered done.