The Matrix digital rain

THE MATRIX DIGITAL RAIN

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12 JANUARY 2024

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The famous digital rain from the movie The Matrix implemented in C for +the Unix terminal without using any GUI/TUI kits:

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Domsson’s Fakesteak inspired +this project. I added the following features while trying to keep the original +project’s simplicity intact as much as possible:

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Customize the rain color to match the theme of the setup.
Support for UTF-32 characters.
The ghosting effect of old monochrome displays.
The rain more closely resembles the original from the first movie.

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To use them, you need a terminal emulator that supports 24-bit RGB colors and +Unicode characters.

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The background, head, and tail colors of the rain can be configured via +COLOR_BG_*, COLOR_HD_*, and COLOR_TL_* settings. The UNICODE_MIN and +UNICODE_MAX values control the character set used for the rain. For instance, +use 0x30A1 and 0x30F6 for Katakana:

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Happy ricing!

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Files: source.tar.gz

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by W. D. Sadeep Madurange

The famous digital rain from the movie The Matrix implemented in C for -the Unix terminal without using any GUI/TUI kits:

Domsson’s Fakesteak inspired -this project. I added the following features while trying to keep the original -project’s simplicity intact as much as possible:

To use them, you need a terminal emulator that supports 24-bit RGB colors and -Unicode characters.

The background, head, and tail colors of the rain can be configured via -COLOR_BG_*, COLOR_HD_*, and COLOR_TL_* settings. The UNICODE_MIN and -UNICODE_MAX values control the character set used for the rain. For instance, -use 0x30A1 and 0x30F6 for Katakana: