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Happy Holidays from the Windows Terminal Team!

December 18, 2019 Dec 18, 2019 12/18/19
Kayla Cinnamon
(image) What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let's take a look at everything that has happened and where we're going from here. Announcement at Microsoft Build On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle, WA. Here's all of the content that came with our ...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.7 Release

November 26, 2019 Nov 26, 2019 11/26/19
Kayla Cinnamon
Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here's what's new in this release: Windows Terminal Updates Panes You are now able to split your Terminal window ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1910 Release

October 23, 2019 Oct 23, 2019 10/23/19
Kayla Cinnamon
Another update to the Windows Terminal has just been released! As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store, the Microsoft Store for Business, and GitHub. 👉 Note: In the About popup within the Terminal, this version will appear as v0.6. Updated UI The Terminal now has even better tabs! The WinUI TabView used in the ...

Cascadia Code 1910.04

October 4, 2019 Oct 4, 2019 10/4/19
Kayla Cinnamon
Cascadia Code has received a major update with some new characters! You can download the latest version of the font from the GitHub releases page and it is also shipped in the latest update of the Windows Terminal. 👉 Note: The Terminal will use its shipped version over the separately installed version from GitHub, however it will use font ...

Integrate Linux Commands into Windows with PowerShell and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

September 26, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 09/26/19
Mike Battista
A common question Windows developers have is “why doesn’t Windows have yet?”. Whether longing for a powerful pager like or wanting to use familiar commands like or , Windows developers desire easy access to these commands as part of their core workflow. The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) was a huge step forward here, enabling ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1909

September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019 09/24/19
Kayla Cinnamon
Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Cascadia Code Cascadia Code is finally here! Cascadia Code is the new ...

Cascadia Code

September 18, 2019 Sep 18, 2019 09/18/19
Kayla Cinnamon
Cascadia Code is finally here! You can install it directly from the GitHub repository's releases page or automatically receive it in the next update of Windows Terminal. Wait, what's Cascadia Code? Cascadia Code was announced this past May at Microsoft's Build event. It is the latest monospaced font shipped from Microsoft and provides a ...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 Release

August 27, 2019 Aug 27, 2019 08/27/19
Kayla Cinnamon
The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub! And for those interested in more detail, please review the Terminal v0.4 release notes. (image) Settings Updates Profiles.json is Now in LocalState The file has been moved from the folder to...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 Release

August 2, 2019 Aug 2, 2019 08/2/19
Kayla Cinnamon
Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 has been published to the Microsoft Store! If you have previously installed the Terminal from the Store, you will receive this update automatically. If you've not yet installed Terminal from the Microsoft Store, now would be a great time because it contains some MAJOR improvements and updates! ⭐ If you are ...

A Guide to Invoking WSL

November 28, 2017 Nov 28, 2017 11/28/17
Craig Wilhite
There are a variety of ways to invoke the Windows Subsystem for Linux from Windows commandlines and they all behave a little differently. Let’s get to the bottom of it.    “wsl” The first (and recommended!) method will start up your default distro. Additionally, it starts the distro in the current working directory where you invoke ...