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Hey there, I'm actually on the windows console dev team. Any specific features you're looking for from iTerm2? There's already hundred of items on the backlog,

by zadjii 9y ago

Hey there, I'm actually on the windows console dev team. Any specific features you're looking for from iTerm2? There's already hundred of items on the backlog, but I'm always curious what things in particular people are looking for.

setquk 9y ago
If it's any consolation what you guys have done with windows 10 is amazing. Big thumbs up here.
- zadjii 9y ago
  Thanks :) We do what we can, and we're certainly not about to stop trying to impress.
- 0xfeba 9y ago
  Amazing? Resizing, some better keyboard shortcut integration, and transparency? It's still ages behind *nix OSs.
  - setquk 9y ago
    Yes amazing because for the best part of 20 years, nothing significant has changed and now it’s functional enough to get work done. And I don’t care about the *nix implementations because the first thing I do is start tmux and use that. Same as I only care for the Linux userland which is what WSL gives me.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
    And yet you don't see users leaving in droves for that fancy terminal action. I wonder why? Hmmm...
braderhart 9y ago
Not from iTerm2 but I really enjoy the speed and features of urxvt. Any chance Windows will implement a similar fast open source console?
porker 9y ago
Can't answer iTerm2, but I use Cmder daily. I don't think the Windows Console can (as I want for day-to-day usage) 1) show the Git branch in the prompt 2) display nice colours 3) open multiple tabs Looking forward to being proved wrong :) Cmder works well for me but I'd rather have something core to Windows to use instead.
- Analemma_ 9y ago
  posh-git is a great powershell module that shows your current branch, has customizable colors, and adds tab completion to git commands. I think that stuff should stay as add-ons rather than be built into the console host.
- zadjii 9y ago
  Do you mean any of the following: https://i.imgur.com/zyC4A73.png https://i.imgur.com/zyC4A73.png Colors can be customized, but changing them is a PITA so we made (ColorTool)[https://github.com/Microsoft/console/tree/master/tools/ColorTool https://github.com/Microsoft/console/tree/master/tools/Color...] to make it a little easier Auto updating the prompt isn't possible in CMD unfortunately. I do believe it's possible in powershell, but that's not my cup of tea. I do have a batch script that gets the branch and re-sets my prompt. You could create a git.bat that calls such a script on every git command, or like me, create `vf.bat` that I use to cd and update the prompt at once. Also in this picture: cmd.exe running inside tmux in WSL. Coming soon to Insider's Builds near you

by zadjii 9y ago

setquk 9y ago

If it's any consolation what you guys have done with windows 10 is amazing. Big thumbs up here.

zadjii 9y ago
Thanks :) We do what we can, and we're certainly not about to stop trying to impress.
0xfeba 9y ago
Amazing? Resizing, some better keyboard shortcut integration, and transparency? It's still ages behind *nix OSs.
- setquk 9y ago
  Yes amazing because for the best part of 20 years, nothing significant has changed and now it’s functional enough to get work done. And I don’t care about the *nix implementations because the first thing I do is start tmux and use that. Same as I only care for the Linux userland which is what WSL gives me.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
  And yet you don't see users leaving in droves for that fancy terminal action. I wonder why? Hmmm...

braderhart 9y ago

Not from iTerm2 but I really enjoy the speed and features of urxvt. Any chance Windows will implement a similar fast open source console?

porker 9y ago

Can't answer iTerm2, but I use Cmder daily. I don't think the Windows Console can (as I want for day-to-day usage) 1) show the Git branch in the prompt 2) display nice colours 3) open multiple tabs Looking forward to being proved wrong :) Cmder works well for me but I'd rather have something core to Windows to use instead.

Analemma_ 9y ago
posh-git is a great powershell module that shows your current branch, has customizable colors, and adds tab completion to git commands. I think that stuff should stay as add-ons rather than be built into the console host.
zadjii 9y ago
Do you mean any of the following: https://i.imgur.com/zyC4A73.png https://i.imgur.com/zyC4A73.png Colors can be customized, but changing them is a PITA so we made (ColorTool)[https://github.com/Microsoft/console/tree/master/tools/ColorTool https://github.com/Microsoft/console/tree/master/tools/Color...] to make it a little easier Auto updating the prompt isn't possible in CMD unfortunately. I do believe it's possible in powershell, but that's not my cup of tea. I do have a batch script that gets the branch and re-sets my prompt. You could create a git.bat that calls such a script on every git command, or like me, create `vf.bat` that I use to cd and update the prompt at once. Also in this picture: cmd.exe running inside tmux in WSL. Coming soon to Insider's Builds near you