dylanaraps/neofetch 6.0.0

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Note: The prior releases today were accidental. This is the actual release. Sorry for the confusion.

This release fixes a wide range of bugs and adds some neat new features.
Scroll down to "highlights" to see the bigger changes from this release.
A big thank you to @konimex, @iandrewt and the contributors below who
kept development going during my absence.

Expect a minor bug fix release sometime this week as I'm sure new bugs
will come up. I've done extensive testing but things always slip through.

Contributors

@konimex, @iandrewt, @arisinfenix, @xPMo, @nero, @alyssais,
@plgruener, @StarryTony, @julianaito, @HolyStephano,
@nikitenich, @Appadeia, @marlonn, @Snuggle, @Phuurl, @erikdubois

Breaking Changes

• Config: Removed get_line_break().
  • Alternative: prin '\n'
  • Rationale: fix a bug that's been lingering for a couple of years now.

OS

• Added support for Bedrock Linux. @paradigm
• Added support for Namib GNU/Linux. @arisinfenix
• Added support for Reborn OS. @iandrewt
• Added support for OpenMandriva Lx. @konimex
• Added support for Star. @arisinfenix
• Added support for BlueLight OS.
• Added support for Huayra Linux.
• Added support for Pentoo.

Highlights

[ASCII] Added support for command output. You can now use whatever
terminal commands you like as the ASCII art.

# Use fortune and cowsay as ascii art.
neofetch --ascii "$(fortune|cowsay -W 30)"

# use figlet as ascii art.
neofetch --ascii "$(figlet -w 30 hello world)"

Added a new "simple" mode. You can now use neofetch for scripting
by getting it to output individual info functions in plain text.

# Example:
neofetch uptime --uptime_shorthand tiny
> uptime: 32m

# Example:
neofetch uptime disk wm memory
> uptime: 33 mins
> disk (/): 212G / 235G (96%)
> wm: Openbox
> memory: 1215MiB / 7881MiB

# This can be used in bars and scripts like so:
memory="$(neofetch memory)"; memory="${memory##*: }"

# For multiple outputs at once (each line of info in an array):
# Much faster than running neofetch multiple times.
IFS=$'\n' read -d "" -ra info < <(neofetch memory uptime wm)
info=("${info[@]##*: }")

Added new image backend chafa (--chafa)
which displays images in the terminal using unicode characters.

neofetch --chafa ~/Pictures/meow.jpg

Info

• Color Blocks: Fixed issue where disabling blocks caused an extra newline to appear.
• Color Blocks: Color blocks now have their padding built in. No more need for get_line_break().
• Song: Added snippet to display music player.
  • [[ $player ]] && prin "Music Player" "$player"
  • NOTE: Must have info "Song" song enabled.
• Song: Added support for Netease Cloud.
• Song: Fixed issues in various players. @arisinfenix @xPMo
• Song: Fixed issues with non-English tags.
• Song: Fixed issues with broken newlines.
• Song: Fixed issues with Deadbeef.
• Song: Fixed issues with qmmp.
• Song: Removed gpmdp-remote support (unmaintained/no longer works).
• Shell: Fixed output for mksh @nero
• Packages: Added support for scoop. @Phuurl
• Packages: Added support for puyo. @Appadeia
• Packages: Added support for spm. @Appadeia
• Packages [macOS]: Added detection of Nix @alyssais
• Packages: Fixed packages from pkginfo (pkgutils) not appearing in CRUX/Janus Linux.
• Terminal Font: Added support for Yakuake @plgruener
• Terminal Font [Kitty]: Use kitty --debug-config to get font information.
• Memory [Solaris]: Updated memory detection to use pages. @konimex
• Memory: Added option to show memory percentage (--memory_percent).
• Model [OpenBSD]: Added vmm (OpenBSD hypervisor) support @julianaito
• Model [macOS]: Added VirtualSMC as a new FakeSMC alternative for Hackintosh. @nikitenich
• WM: Added detection for FVWM. @julianaito
• WM [OpenBSD]: Added a new ps_flags to correctly detect non-EWMH WMs. @julianaito
• Disk [OpenBSD]: Added a separate disk array creation using awk since one cannot directly use /dev/... unless being root or in the operator group. @julianaito
• Battery [OpenBSD]: Improve charge % and add status. Charlène
• GPU [AMD]: Remove unnecessary check.
• Public IP: Added configurable timeout to requests.
• Resolution: If resolution is not found, don't print anything.

ASCII

• Fixed issues with various ASCII arts (namely the _small ones).
• Added support for command output.
  • neofetch --ascii "$(fortune|cowsay -W 30)"
  • neofetch --ascii "$(figlet -w 30 hello world)"
• Added small ArcoLinux logo. @erikdubois
• Added new Lubuntu logo. @marlonn
• Fixed a bug where ASCII logo changes the terminal foreground color. @plgruener
• Fixed a bug when files named auto or ascii exist.
• Do not parse file as ASCII if the source is an image file.

Image

• Added new image backend chafa (--chafa).
• w3m: Fixed issues with URxvt and internal borders.
• w3m: Fixed issues with URxvt and cursor position.
• w3m: Fixed issue with bash 3.
• macOS: Unset IFS to get window size. @StarryTony
• Kitty: Use kitty +kitten icat instead of the deprecated kitty icat. @HolyStephano
• Kitty: Update docs. @Snuggle
• Thumbnails are high quality again.
• Cached thumbnails are now stored with PATH to prevent collision issues.