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The video [0] is great! Main takeaway: you can open apps by clicking on the icons. So you'll be able to have shortcuts without opening a terminal. That's great
by gfiorav 5y ago
The video [0] is great!
Main takeaway: you can open apps by clicking on the icons. So you'll be able to have shortcuts without opening a terminal. That's great! Will render my local X server obsolete.
[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8_nvJzuaSU&t=12s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8_nvJzuaSU&t=12s
- forgotpwd16 5y agoYou could already do that with that X. Simplest way is using wslusc provided in wslu.
- tyingq 5y agoA little clunky, but it works well. I make a "bin" directory in my windows home directory with visual basic scripts in it to launch things from Windows shortcuts. The "xterm.vbs" script from my "bin" directory: args = "-c" & " -l " & """export DISPLAY=:0.0;xterm -fn 10x20 -bg black -fg green""" WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "bash", args, "", "open", 0
- gfiorav 5y agoI do that too... main issue is scaling. I need one for the laptops screen and another fit the monitor... different scaling (200% vs 100%)