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What’s new for WSL in Insiders Preview Build 18945

Craig Loewen July 26, 2019 Jul 26, 2019 07/26/19

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 Cinnamon June 21, 2019 Jun 21, 2019 06/21/19

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 Cinnamon May 20, 2019 May 20, 2019 05/20/19

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 Loewen May 13, 2019 May 13, 2019 05/13/19

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 Cinnamon May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19

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 Turner December 10, 2018 Dec 10, 2018 12/10/18

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 Turner November 15, 2018 Nov 15, 2018 11/15/18

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 Turner October 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2018 10/31/18

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 Turner August 2, 2018 Aug 2, 2018 08/2/18

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 Turner July 20, 2018 Jul 20, 2018 07/20/18

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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