A Multithreaded Mandelbrot Explorer for your terminal. Written in C++ for Ncurses. The application makes use of GMP and MPFR libraries.
| Key | Control |
|---|---|
| Enter | Zoom in. |
| Backspace | Zoom out. |
| x | Set Coordinates. |
| i | Set iterations. |
| Arrow Keys | Move camera. |
| q or ESC | Quit application. |
To compile use: g++ asciimandelbrot.cpp -o ./AsciiMandelbrot -lgmp -lgmpxx -lmpfr -lncurses --fast-math
Application at max resolution on my system.
Started this in college and just decided to upload it after I fixed some things. Was kind of inspired by a1k0n's donut.c. Still a work in progress.
To do:
- Thinking of doing some sort of makefile/compilation process.
- Parametrise many of the variables so user can configure performance behaviors.
- Want to add horizon mirroring/reflection so only the top half needs to be calculated and the bottom half is mirrored when screen crosses the horizon.
- Fix seemingly random overflow in calculate_buffer_area_threaded. (Might be related to next point)
- Function get_screen_chunks needs more proofing, sort out edge cases.