From 08095635bc879115cfd47f48204817ab2868127a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Ivanov <nikita.vyach.ivanov@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 23:01:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] A better way to fix chafa and foot issue

---
 doc/ctpv.1    | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 sh/helpers.sh |  7 ++++++-
 src/config.c  |  1 +
 src/ctpv.h    |  2 +-
 src/shell.c   |  1 +
 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/ctpv.1 b/doc/ctpv.1
index 90d2757..f092e60 100644
--- a/doc/ctpv.1
+++ b/doc/ctpv.1
@@ -312,6 +312,30 @@ Print only text and do not use any image previewing method.
 Do not print resolved path of symbolic links.
 .
 .TP
+.B autochafa
+By default,
+.I Chafa
+is always forced to use \(lqsymbols\(rq format because
+.I lf
+does not support
+\(lqsixel\(rq output in the preview window.
+However, one could install a
+.UR https://github.com/horriblename/lf
+fork of
+.I lf
+.UE
+that does.
+For such cases the
+.B autochafa
+option exists, which allows
+.I Chafa
+to decide which format to use.
+Use it if you are sure that the version of
+.I lf
+you are using will be able to handle whatever output produced by
+.IR Chafa .
+.
+.TP
 .B showgpg
 Preview
 .BR gpg (1)
diff --git a/sh/helpers.sh b/sh/helpers.sh
index e362136..3efd778 100644
--- a/sh/helpers.sh
+++ b/sh/helpers.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ noimages() {
 	[ -n "$noimages" ]
 }
 
+autochafa() {
+	[ -z "$autochafa" ]
+}
+
 is_kitty() {
 	case "$TERM" in
 		*-kitty) return 0 ;;
@@ -61,7 +65,8 @@ is_anim_image() {
 }
 
 chafa_run() {
-	chafa -s "${w}x${h}" -f symbols "$1"
+	autochafa && format='-f symbols' || format=
+	chafa -s "${w}x${h}" $format "$1" | sed 's/#/\n#/g'
 }
 
 setup_fifo() {
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 40ff78a..37938e9 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static struct Option options[] = {
     DEF_OPTION_BOOL(forcechafa),
     DEF_OPTION_BOOL(noimages),
     DEF_OPTION_BOOL(nosymlinkinfo),
+    DEF_OPTION_BOOL(autochafa),
     DEF_OPTION_BOOL(showgpg),
 };
 
diff --git a/src/ctpv.h b/src/ctpv.h
index 589c25c..dbe1ad1 100644
--- a/src/ctpv.h
+++ b/src/ctpv.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct CTPV {
     char *server_id_s;
     struct {
         int forcekitty, forcekittyanim, forcechafa, noimages, nosymlinkinfo;
-        int showgpg;
+        int autochafa, showgpg;
     } opts;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/shell.c b/src/shell.c
index 35986f8..01b7124 100644
--- a/src/shell.c
+++ b/src/shell.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ RESULT run_script(char *script, size_t script_len, int *exitcode, int *signal,
     OPT_SETENV(forcechafa);
     OPT_SETENV(noimages);
     OPT_SETENV(nosymlinkinfo);
+    OPT_SETENV(autochafa);
     OPT_SETENV(showgpg);
 
     char *scr = prepend_helpers(script, script_len);