microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Support for OpenType Contextual Alternates Fonts to Allow e.g. Sparklines
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Description
Description of the new feature/enhancement
I'd love to see support for fonts like AtF Sparks.
This will allow writing much richer console apps without the need for complex dialog boxes to e.g. monitor a running process.
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
This is apparently achieved y supporting "OpenType Contextual Alternates".
Support for fonts like ATF Sparks, will give us the ability to do line-based charting.
Apps could plot historic values as sparklines a-la TaskManager, or report the distribution of values using histogram-like charts. Very helpful for IoT devices, web-services, financial apps etc.
There are many applications that do not require a GUI, and adding charting facilities would give them a significant power boost.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the terminal's font-rendering path and how it handles OpenType Contextual Alternates, then establish an acceptance test using an ATF Sparks-style font. Confirm the scope with maintainers first, since the issue has had no recent activity.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100