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Kitty Enables Accurate Complex Script Rendering
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In 2026, developer Santhosh explains why terminal emulators still fail to render complex Indic and Arabic scripts, tracing problems to the character-cell grid, wcwidth(), and lack of shaping. He highlights Kitty's OSC 66 text-sizing protocol and introduces osc66, a Rust CLI that emits OSC 66 escape sequences to set per-cluster cell widths, demonstrating a practical path to legible terminal rendering.
Scoring Rationale
Actionable tooling and protocol increase usability, but limited novelty and single-source reporting constrain broader impact.
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