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points by JonnieCache 4 days ago | 0 comments

The shader support offers a hook to trigger on the bell character, so of course I had to hook this up to a screenshake shader. Get fish to emit a bell on a nonzero command exit, and I have screenshake on failed commands. I expected this to be really annoying but it's actually kindof great:

https://jcd.pub/2026/11/04/screenshake-shaders-for-kitty/

[–] dyingkneepad 3 days ago

Completely off-topic, but here we go: look at how your site renders on a very-wide monitor. My browser (Firefox Desktop) is 2560 pixels wide, and 100% of your website content is on the right side of the screen. The column with the text is very "thin", it even needs horizontal scrollbars for the code. I've never seen a website where the left half of the screen is completely empty.

[–] JonnieCache 3 days ago

I did it like that on purpose, I like the negative space as frisia was talking about. There are some posts that use more of the screen: https://jcd.pub/2025/04/10/the-gamers-guide-to-line-algorith...

It uses some pretty weird css so hopefully it looks right :) Maybe I'll try and make it so the article column gets wider on very wide viewports but I'm sort of afraid to touch it.

[–] dyingkneepad 3 days ago

Sorry, then. I thought this was a bug, so I was "reporting" it. This style is so unusual that it didn't cross my mind someone would want it on purpose. (I have rewritten the previous sentence multiple times to try to make it not sound insulting, I hope it didn't)

[–] frisia 3 days ago

With the exception of the code blocks, which I do agree the scrollbars are a bit annoying when there is plenty of vertical space available, I find no issue with the layout of the page on a wider screen. I think this is just a matter of taste, I enjoy the assymetrical negative space, though if I had designed it myself I would probably have the negative space on the right.

[–] bita_nidir 4 days ago

Everyone: There is nothing more annoying than this beeping and flashing screen.

JonnieCache: Hold my beer.

(brilliant work btw)

[–] digdugdirk 4 days ago

Oooo, that's fun! Excellent write up, thank you for that.

[–] andersonpico 4 days ago

calm down, Satan! jk nice write up tho