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>Windows subsystem for linux is letting me get my work done with no problems While it's not bad, they blew the terminal completely!! Why couldn't they at least

>Windows subsystem for linux is letting me get my work done with no problems While it's not bad, they blew the terminal completely!! Why couldn't they at least use something like cygwin's terminal? You can't delete text properly.

tcoff91 10y ago
You can install Xming and then you can use a linux GUI terminal emulator.
Locke1689 10y ago
The terminal doesn't support as many features, but I can say I have yet to segfault it -- which I can't say any day this week for cygwin or MSYS mintty. Note: MS employee, doesn't work in Windows division.
gbl08ma 10y ago
I use WSL inside Cmder/Conemu. It's probably not as good as a "true" Linux terminal, but I found it to be better than using the Windows console (which to be honest, became much better in Windows 10, but still not enough). With Cmder, at least I can have tabs...
Pxtl 10y ago
Yeah, the Windows terminal is an albatross since time immemorial. The problem was that the last attempt to rewrite it got vicious scope-creep and we ended up with powershell instead of just a non-stupid terminal.
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- YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago
  Powershell is cool. I mean, what's wrong with it? It's the most un-windows-y part of windows. It's a modern shell, I wish bash was that nice to you (quick example: command option completion).
  - untoreh 10y ago
    There are plugins for command option completions