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Ask HN: Why doesn't Windows have a proper terminal emulator?
Putty, cmdr, etc, all lack behind. Even standard stuff like running `top` (let alone `htop`) gives weird results or flat out crashes the app. I've tried them all and most simply crash or exhibit weird reflow errors when running Vim with a theme over SSH. What am I missing here?
- moondev 9y agoEnable WSL and install whatever terminal you want inside the distro. I like tilix. Then run an xserver and start the terminal emulator. Works great. I also have had good luck with hyper.js if you want something that actually runs on windows
- orionblastar 9y agoI used to use Procomm for Windows 95 in the late 1990s. It was one of the best until it got bought out. Had macro language and other neat stuff. www.symantec.com/connect/forums/procomm-plus I use Putty but there is another one: https://terminotix.com/index.asp?lang=en https://terminotix.com/index.asp?lang=en It used to be free. Some of the old BBS DOS terminals like Qmodem, Procomm Plus, Felix, Bitcom ECT died when the Internet took over with the WWW.
- peapicker 9y agoI'm running a putty with window transparency, xterm-256color support, in utf-8. Everything is working fine including htop. (Puttytray)
- ggm 9y agoThe underlying question is strong: why did Redmond not write a native viable supported ANSI colour terminal?