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What’s new for WSL in Insiders Preview Build 18945

Craig LoewenJuly 26, 2019Jul 26, 201907/26/19

A new Windows insiders build has just released, and it contains some hot off the press features for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)! We’ve added the ability to access Linux networking applications in a WSL 2 distro from Windows with localhost, as well as global configuration options that will give you greater control over your Linux ...

Windows Terminal Microsoft Store Preview Release

Kayla CinnamonJune 21, 2019Jun 21, 201906/21/19

The Windows Terminal preview is now in the Microsoft Store! The Windows Terminal is the new, powerful, open source terminal application that was announced at Build 2019. Its main features include multiple tabs, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations. ...

Windows Terminal Build 2019 FAQ

Kayla CinnamonMay 20, 2019May 20, 201905/20/19

Last week, Microsoft held its Build 2019 conference at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Build is a large event with several thousand people from around the world attending to learn all about the current, newest, and future developer-oriented tech coming from Microsoft. We had the pleasure of meeting so many of you at our ...

WSL 2 Post BUILD FAQ

Craig LoewenMay 13, 2019May 13, 201905/13/19

After announcing WSL 2 last week, we have had an amazing response from the community and received many great questions about the details surrounding this new architecture. We love answering your questions and want to make sure these answers reach as many WSL users as possible. In this Q&A styled post we’ve gathered some of the most ...

Introducing Windows Terminal

Kayla CinnamonMay 6, 2019May 6, 201905/6/19

We are beyond excited to announce Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. https://aka.ms/terminal-video Windows Terminal will be delivered via the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 and ...

New Experimental Console Features

Rich TurnerDecember 10, 2018Dec 10, 201812/10/18

As of Windows 10 build 18298, when you open the properties page of any Console window, you’ll notice an additional “Terminal” tab. Click on this tab and you’ll see several new settings for some experimental features we’re working on for future OS releases: Important Note: These settings are "experimental", because in certain ...

Windows Command-Line: Unicode and UTF-8 Output Text Buffer

Rich TurnerNovember 15, 2018Nov 15, 201811/15/18

In this post, we'll discuss the improvements we've been making to the Windows Console's internal text buffer, enabling it to better store and handle Unicode and UTF-8 text. Posts in the Windows Command-Line series: This list will be updated as more posts are published: [Source: David Farrell’s “Building a UTF-8 encoder in ...

Windows Console: CTRL + Scroll to zoom and Dark Theme Scrollbar

Rich TurnerOctober 31, 2018Oct 31, 201810/31/18

Many of you have been asking for Windows Console to support zoom. Well, today is your lucky day! 😜 Install today's Windows 10 Insider build #18272 and you can! How does one perform this magic? After upgrading to Win10 Insider build #18272 or later, open any Console window (E.g. launch Cmd, PowerShell, WSL, etc.) and then hit and hold ...

Windows Command-Line: Introducing the Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY)

Rich TurnerAugust 2, 2018Aug 2, 201808/2/18

In this, the fourth post in the Windows Command-Line series, we'll discuss the new Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY) infrastructure and API - why we built it, what it's for, how it works, how to use it, and more. Posts in the "Windows Command-Line" series Note: This chapter list will be updated as more posts are published: In ...

Windows Command-Line: Inside the Windows Console

Rich TurnerJuly 20, 2018Jul 20, 201807/20/18

Welcome to the third post in the Windows Command-Line series. In this post, we'll start to dig into the internals of the Windows Console and Command-Line, what it is, what it does ... and what it doesn't do. Posts in the "Windows Command-Line" series Note: This chapter list will be updated as more posts are published: [...

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