Does not work inside tmux

[osbm]

Hello, with the #21 manga-tui works super well in kitty (i just tried in v0.3.1). Thank you so much :)

But it does not work inside the tmux. This may be a problem with my tmux color configuration but. when i run kitty icat image.jpg inside tmux, it shows the image without problem.

What else i can share that could help diagnose this problem?

Here is some screenshots:

tmux inside kitty

what i see when i attach to the same tmux session from alacritty:

proof that it works well inside kitty without tmux:

[josueBarretogit]

According to this table alacritty isn't supported by the library im using to display images, maybe adding a command to disable images may be useful if you like using alacritty, what do you think?

about tmux I'm not sure what could be the cause, the thing is this UI bugs don't throw errors or anything like that so it's kinda hard to debug

[osbm]

According to this table alacritty isn't supported by the library im using to display images, maybe adding a command to disable images may be useful if you like using alacritty, what do you think?

When i added the alacritty i just wanted to see if anything could be understood by looking the alacritty window as a diagnostic measure. I am actually in the process of transfering from alacritty to kitty at the moment. Having said that, it may not be so easy for other people to just change their terminal based on a program. Adding an option can help. But alacritty users can already use this program to download mangas.

about tmux I'm not sure what could be the cause, the thing is this UI bugs don't throw errors or anything like that so it's kinda hard to debug

I did some digging and found out another program that uses terminal image viewing named yazi and its image view capabilities also work on kitty but not on tmux>kitty. This is most likely a me problem. If i find out why it happens i will write here.

[josueBarretogit]

I installed tmux and used both manga-tui and joshuto which is a file manager that uses the same library as i do and it doesn´t work for me in both wezterm and kitty

[crispy-caesus]

foot tmux works for me, but kitty tmux doesn't

[Disonantemus]

All the following terminal emulators show images, without tmux (using yazi & manga-tui), the table shows the results inside tmux:

terminal emulator	yazi w/tmux	manga-tui w/tmux
contour	yes!	yes!
kitty	yes!	no
konsole	no	no
mlterm	yes!	yes!
rio	yes!	yes!
st	yes!	yes!
vscode	yes!	yes!
wezterm	yes!	no
xterm -ti 340	yes!	yes!
yakuake	no	no

As you can see:

• yazi works in 8 (from 10) inside tmux.
• manga-tui works in 6 (from 10) inside tmux.

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Extra info:

• I did try zellij (another multiplexer like tmux) in kitty, but didn't work (with manga-tui or yazi).
• yazi: don't use any image library, has his own image implementation.
• manga-tui: use ratatui-image.
• timg -pk in.png works with tmux inside kitty.
• Most use: Sixel, a few Kitty or iTerm image protocols.

From these results:

• yazi do something better than ratatui-image (manga-tui): works using tmux inside kitty.
• konsole and yakuake don't work at all with multiplexers.

[josueBarretogit]

All the following terminal emulators show images, without tmux (using yazi & manga-tui), the table shows the results inside tmux:
terminal emulator yazi w/tmux manga-tui w/tmux
contour yes! yes!
kitty yes! no
konsole no no
mlterm yes! yes!
rio yes! yes!
st yes! yes!
vscode yes! yes!
wezterm yes! no
xterm -ti 340 yes! yes!
yakuake no no

As you can see:

* `yazi` works in 8 (from 10) inside `tmux`.

* `manga-tui` works in 6 (from 10) inside `tmux`.

Extra info:

* I did try `zellij` (another multiplexer like `tmux`) in `kitty`, but didn't work (with `manga-tui` or `yazi`).

* `yazi`: don't use any image library, has his own image implementation.

* `manga-tui`: use `ratatui-image`.

* [`timg -pk in.png`](https://github.com/hzeller/timg) works with `tmux` inside `kitty`.

* Most use: **Sixel**, a few **Kitty** or **iTerm** image protocols.

From these results:

* `yazi` do _something better_ than `ratatui-image` (`manga-tui`): works using `tmux` inside `kitty`.

* `konsole` and `yakuake` don't work at all with multiplexers.

damn bro i need you on my team 👀