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29 points by bin0 7y ago

pvh 7y ago
The new terminal is pretty good, but what's more impressive to me about this is how bad it is. It's so clearly incomplete that opening the preferences launched a JSON editor window in Visual Studio (not VSCode). The level of openness it takes to open such a central utility built by what would historically be a low-profile team is quite remarkable, and I am convinced will result in an excellent product ... in time. For now? It's almost good enough to be my daily driver but not quite. Good luck to the development team! I'll be watching.
- nevi-me 7y ago
  Change the default JSON editor from Visual Studio to VS Code, and you'll tick that checkbox. When I read the documentation before I installed it, there was a part that said that the JSON config file would open in the preferred JSON editor. It must be Visual Studio in your case.
- pography 7y ago
  Might be your system file settings. Mine opened up in VSCode, talking of which, don't forget that VSCode also opened a JSON file long before they added the settings interface. I couldn't find documentation for settings either so don't fully know what's capable but they do seem limited for now.
  - bin0 7y ago
    Can confirm; it opens the default .json file editor. It's whatever the default setting is (which was VS2019 for me, as I don't work with json and didn't have it set).
pingec 7y ago
I installed it via the store, store says it is installed but I cannot find any way to actually launch the terminal?
- ComputerGuru 7y ago
  It’s in the start menu.
Vaslo 7y ago
Posted this about a week ago with pc mag commentary: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20252541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20252541
2bitencryption 7y ago
I know I'm not the only one who chuckled at the fact that it's rated "E for Everyone". Honest question: aren't ESRB ratings contractually loaned from the ESRB entity itself? The fact that one is displayed here seems to indicate the ESRB legitimately reviewed and rated the Windows terminal. Or does it grant a license to Microsoft to set the ESRB value as it sees fit?
- bin0 7y ago
  Interesting point. Kotaku got a nastygram over it a while back: http://web.archive.org/web/20090409100222/https://kotaku.com/gaming/legal/esa-threatens-kotaku-213676.php http://web.archive.org/web/20090409100222/https://kotaku.com... I'm guessing you could reasonably argue genericide at this point, but I doubt they'll go after microsoft. Update: did some more homework; esrb has started doing this in many places: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board#Expansion_and_recent_developments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_...
  - 2bitencryption 7y ago
    thanks for the info; very interesting.
techntoke 7y ago
It's 2019. They are about 6 years too late. People used to complain about people copying MS for Linux, but they are clearly trying to copy Linux terminal emulators to stay relevant.
- mc32 7y ago
  What’s the matter with following consumer/user demand? They may be late, but it looks many appreciate it, so I’d say this is meeting customer demand in addition to plugging their support for people’s workflow where it’s lacking.
- nsriv 7y ago
  Yes, Microsoft clearly has a relevancy problem.
PunksATawnyFill 7y ago
It would be great if it would replace backslashes with forward slashes and allow this blunder to be gradually phased out of Windows...
- Analemma_ 7y ago
  That would be done in the shell, not the terminal.
- demilicious 7y ago
  Forward slashes have worked in the terminal for a long time. PS C:\Users> cd rthom/Desktop PS C:\Users\rthom\Desktop>
wetpaws 7y ago
Any reason to use it instead of ConEmu?
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29 points by bin0 7y ago

pvh 7y ago

The new terminal is pretty good, but what's more impressive to me about this is how bad it is. It's so clearly incomplete that opening the preferences launched a JSON editor window in Visual Studio (not VSCode). The level of openness it takes to open such a central utility built by what would historically be a low-profile team is quite remarkable, and I am convinced will result in an excellent product ... in time. For now? It's almost good enough to be my daily driver but not quite. Good luck to the development team! I'll be watching.

nevi-me 7y ago
Change the default JSON editor from Visual Studio to VS Code, and you'll tick that checkbox. When I read the documentation before I installed it, there was a part that said that the JSON config file would open in the preferred JSON editor. It must be Visual Studio in your case.
pography 7y ago
Might be your system file settings. Mine opened up in VSCode, talking of which, don't forget that VSCode also opened a JSON file long before they added the settings interface. I couldn't find documentation for settings either so don't fully know what's capable but they do seem limited for now.
- bin0 7y ago
  Can confirm; it opens the default .json file editor. It's whatever the default setting is (which was VS2019 for me, as I don't work with json and didn't have it set).

pingec 7y ago

I installed it via the store, store says it is installed but I cannot find any way to actually launch the terminal?

ComputerGuru 7y ago
It’s in the start menu.

Vaslo 7y ago

Posted this about a week ago with pc mag commentary: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20252541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20252541

2bitencryption 7y ago

I know I'm not the only one who chuckled at the fact that it's rated "E for Everyone". Honest question: aren't ESRB ratings contractually loaned from the ESRB entity itself? The fact that one is displayed here seems to indicate the ESRB legitimately reviewed and rated the Windows terminal. Or does it grant a license to Microsoft to set the ESRB value as it sees fit?

bin0 7y ago
Interesting point. Kotaku got a nastygram over it a while back: http://web.archive.org/web/20090409100222/https://kotaku.com/gaming/legal/esa-threatens-kotaku-213676.php http://web.archive.org/web/20090409100222/https://kotaku.com... I'm guessing you could reasonably argue genericide at this point, but I doubt they'll go after microsoft. Update: did some more homework; esrb has started doing this in many places: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board#Expansion_and_recent_developments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_...
- 2bitencryption 7y ago
  thanks for the info; very interesting.

techntoke 7y ago

It's 2019. They are about 6 years too late. People used to complain about people copying MS for Linux, but they are clearly trying to copy Linux terminal emulators to stay relevant.

mc32 7y ago
What’s the matter with following consumer/user demand? They may be late, but it looks many appreciate it, so I’d say this is meeting customer demand in addition to plugging their support for people’s workflow where it’s lacking.
nsriv 7y ago
Yes, Microsoft clearly has a relevancy problem.

PunksATawnyFill 7y ago

It would be great if it would replace backslashes with forward slashes and allow this blunder to be gradually phased out of Windows...

Analemma_ 7y ago
That would be done in the shell, not the terminal.
demilicious 7y ago
Forward slashes have worked in the terminal for a long time. PS C:\Users> cd rthom/Desktop PS C:\Users\rthom\Desktop>

wetpaws 7y ago

Any reason to use it instead of ConEmu?

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