Show HN: A terminal app for the RG DS Plus

Category: devtools

Tags: terminal-emulator, handheld, c, sdl2, embedded, touch-input

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 4)

A native terminal emulator for the Anbernic RG DS+ dual-screen handheld, providing a full bash shell on the top screen and a touch keyboard on the bottom screen with haptic feedback and hardware button mapping. The project cleverly adapts a general-purpose terminal to a niche device, handling quirks like touch coordinate redirection and dual-screen rendering with direct framebuffer drawing.

Target audience: embedded developers, retro handheld enthusiasts, power users of the RG DS+

Repository: https://github.com/NilsSlui/rgds-terminal · C · MIT

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