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+# i found this script on a github issue and wanted to see what nushell would do.
+# https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/11794
+
+#########################################################
+# here's the python version from that issue
+#########################################################
+# import math
+# import os
+# import sys
+
+# size = os.popen('stty size', 'r').read().split()
+# h,w = tuple(int(n) for n in size)
+# mx = w//2
+# my = h//2
+
+# def frame(i):
+#   s = '\033[H'
+#   for y in range(h):
+#     for x in range(w):
+#       dy,dx = y-my,x-mx
+#       a = math.atan2(dy*2,dx) + math.pi
+#       c = (int(a/math.pi*127)+i)%256
+#       s += '\033[38;2;%d;%d;%dm*' % (c,c,c)
+#   return s
+
+# sys.stdout.write('Generating content...\n')
+# s = '\033[?25l'
+# for i in range(512):
+#   s += frame(i)
+# s += '\033[?25h\033[m\033[H'
+
+# sys.stdout.write('Starting animation...\n')
+# sys.stdout.write(s)
+
+#########################################################
+# here's the c version from that issue
+#########################################################
+# #include <windows.h>
+# #include <string>
+# #include <cmath>
+
+# void main()
+# {
+#   HANDLE handle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+
+#   DWORD mode;
+#   GetConsoleMode(handle, &mode);
+#   mode |= ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
+#   SetConsoleMode(handle, mode);
+
+#   CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX csbie;
+#   csbie.cbSize = sizeof(csbie);
+#   GetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(handle, &csbie);
+
+#   const auto w = csbie.dwSize.X;
+#   const auto h = csbie.srWindow.Bottom - csbie.srWindow.Top + 1;
+#   const auto mx = w/2;
+#   const auto my = h/2;
+#   const auto pi = 3.14159265358979323846;
+
+#   printf("Generating content...\n");
+#   std::string s = "\033[?25l";
+#   for (auto i = 0; i < 512; i++) {
+#     s += "\033[H";
+#     for (auto y = 0; y < h; y++) {
+#       for (auto x = 0; x < w; x++) {
+#         auto dy = y-my;
+#         auto dx = x-mx;
+#         auto a = std::atan2(dy*2,dx) + pi;
+#         auto c = std::to_string((int(a/pi*127)+i)%256);
+#         s += "\033[38;2;"+c+";"+c+";"+c+"m*";
+#       }
+#     }
+#   }
+#   s += "\033[?25h\033[m\033[H";
+
+#   printf("Starting animation...\n");
+#   DWORD written = 0;
+#   WriteConsoleA(handle, s.c_str(), s.length(), &written, NULL);
+# }
+
+#########################################################
+# version 1 that draws each line at a time and you can see it while it's processing
+#########################################################
+let w = 50
+let h = 20
+# if it's fast for your, change w, h to the below lines
+# let w = (term size).width - 2
+# let h = (term size).height - 2
+let mx = ($w / 2 | math floor)
+let my = ($h / 2 | math floor)
+let pi = (math eval pi)
+$"Generating content ...(char nl)"
+$"(ansi -e "?25l")" | autoview
+for i in 0..512 {
+    $"(ansi -e 'H')" | autoview
+    for y in 0..($h) {
+        for x in 0..($w) {
+            let dy = ($y - $my)
+            let dx = ($x - $mx)
+            let a = (math eval $"atan2(char lparen)($dy * 2), ($dx)(char rparen) + ($pi)")
+            let c = ((($a / ($pi) * 127) + ($i)) mod 256 | math round)
+            #$"38;2;($c);($c);($c)m*)"
+            $"(ansi -e '38;2;')($c);($c);($c)m*" | autoview
+        }
+        char nl | autoview
+    }
+}
+$"(ansi -e '?25h')(ansi -e 'm')(ansi -e 'H')"
+
+#########################################################
+# version 2 of the script works a little differently but more like the original samples.
+# it draws all the ansi text to a string and then prints it as one long line
+# be prepared to wait. it took a few minutes to render the string the first time for me.
+#########################################################
+# let w = 50
+# let h = 20
+
+# let mx = $w / 2
+# let my = $h / 2
+
+# let pi = 3.14159265358979323846
+
+# let output = (echo 0..512 | each { |i|
+#   let rows = (echo 0..$h | each { |y|
+#     let cols = (echo 0..$w | each { |x|
+#       let dy = ($y - $my)
+#       let dx = ($x - $mx)
+
+#       let a = (math eval $"atan2(char lparen)($dy * 2), ($dx)(char rparen) + ($pi)")
+#       let c = (((($a / $pi * 127) | into int) + $i) mod 256)
+#       $"(ansi -e '38;2;')($c);($c);($c)m*"
+#     })
+
+#     echo $cols | str collect
+#   })
+
+#   (ansi -e 'H') + (echo $rows | str collect (char nl))
+# } | str collect)
+
+# (ansi -e "?25l") + $output + $"(ansi -e '?25h')(ansi -e 'm')(ansi -e 'H')"