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Windows Terminal Preview v0.8 Release

56 points by omiossec 7y ago

mr_toad 7y ago
Can’t wait until this is installed by default. Because as much as I like it trying to get corporate IT to install it is just too much.
- ImaCake 7y ago
  I work at a small vet pharma company and the wait time for non-essential install requests is months. In fact in the 2 months I've been here I don't think I have had a ticket complete yet...
- jannes 7y ago
  They let you download the .msixbundle file on Github. You can unzip it with 7-zip or some other zip program. And then you can unzip the file CascadiaPackage_x_x64.msix which will give you the WindowsTerminal.exe binary. That should let you run it without admin rights.
- FeloniousHam 7y ago
  I was denied a request to install Windows Terminal because it's in preview, but IT offered and installed Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) instead. It's pretty fantastic. I installed fish, it uses my Autohotkey bindings, easy access to the Windows drives.
rootlocus 7y ago
And Vim is still not usable unfortunately: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1203 https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1203
- JoBrad 7y ago
  Vim is definitely usable. I don’t use a block cursor, so perhaps that is the reason I don’t have issues, but I’ve been using Vim without issue for some time now.
monkeydust 7y ago
Been using command line more and more had no idea this existed. Looks much better, any downsides?
- emptyfile 7y ago
  The version I've been using has been crashing every once in a while, but the much bigger issue at least for running WSL is the lack of copying from the terminal.
  - tssva 7y ago
    Out of the box you can copy from the terminal by selecting with the mouse and then right clicking. It is also possible to copy using the keyboard but there are no default key bindings at this time, so you need to configure the binding you prefer yourself.
ch_123 7y ago
I really wish they added a GUI configuration editor - editing large JSON files by hand is a poor user experience IMHO.
- tasogare 7y ago
  Same complain, it was the same problem when VS Code was first release. Also Json makes a poor configuration file format because it forbids comments. Hype-driven development is annoying because it doesn’t weight solutions on their technical merits.
  - qmmmur 7y ago
    I think yaml would be good a fit. In almost every scenario where I have to edit the file manually yaml is my favorite option because of comments and general readability.
tasogare 7y ago
> Retro Terminal Effects What about a Retro Start Menu that is usable and ad-free? Maybe in a few decades...

56 points by omiossec 7y ago

Can’t wait until this is installed by default. Because as much as I like it trying to get corporate IT to install it is just too much.

ImaCake 7y ago
I work at a small vet pharma company and the wait time for non-essential install requests is months. In fact in the 2 months I've been here I don't think I have had a ticket complete yet...
jannes 7y ago
They let you download the .msixbundle file on Github. You can unzip it with 7-zip or some other zip program. And then you can unzip the file CascadiaPackage_x_x64.msix which will give you the WindowsTerminal.exe binary. That should let you run it without admin rights.
FeloniousHam 7y ago
I was denied a request to install Windows Terminal because it's in preview, but IT offered and installed Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) instead. It's pretty fantastic. I installed fish, it uses my Autohotkey bindings, easy access to the Windows drives.

rootlocus 7y ago

And Vim is still not usable unfortunately: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1203 https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/1203

JoBrad 7y ago
Vim is definitely usable. I don’t use a block cursor, so perhaps that is the reason I don’t have issues, but I’ve been using Vim without issue for some time now.

monkeydust 7y ago

Been using command line more and more had no idea this existed. Looks much better, any downsides?

emptyfile 7y ago
The version I've been using has been crashing every once in a while, but the much bigger issue at least for running WSL is the lack of copying from the terminal.
- tssva 7y ago
  Out of the box you can copy from the terminal by selecting with the mouse and then right clicking. It is also possible to copy using the keyboard but there are no default key bindings at this time, so you need to configure the binding you prefer yourself.

ch_123 7y ago

I really wish they added a GUI configuration editor - editing large JSON files by hand is a poor user experience IMHO.

tasogare 7y ago
Same complain, it was the same problem when VS Code was first release. Also Json makes a poor configuration file format because it forbids comments. Hype-driven development is annoying because it doesn’t weight solutions on their technical merits.
- qmmmur 7y ago
  I think yaml would be good a fit. In almost every scenario where I have to edit the file manually yaml is my favorite option because of comments and general readability.

tasogare 7y ago

> Retro Terminal Effects What about a Retro Start Menu that is usable and ad-free? Maybe in a few decades...