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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 ...

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 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: [...

Windows Command-Line: The Evolution of the Windows Command-Line

Rich Turner June 27, 2018 Jun 27, 2018 06/27/18

Welcome to the second post in this "Windows Command-Line" series. In this post we'll discuss some of the background & history behind the Windows Command-Line. Specifically, we’ll explore its humble origins in MS-DOS, to its modern-day incarnation supporting tools like PowerShell and Windows Subsystem for Linux. Posts in the "Windows ...

Windows Command-Line: Backgrounder

Rich Turner June 20, 2018 Jun 20, 2018 06/20/18

This is the first of a series of posts in which we’ll explore all things command-line – from the origins of the command-line and the evolution of the terminal, to what we’re doing to overhaul and modernize the Windows Console & command-line in future Windows releases. Posts in the "Windows Command-Line" series Note: This ...

Join us for a hot cup o Chocolatey!

Yosef Durr May 8, 2018 May 8, 2018 05/8/18

Setting up a dev box should be easy and fast. At BUILD 2018 we announced a collaboration with Chocolatey and Boxstarter. The project founders discuss the collaboration in the following video. https://youtu.be/p8q-2d801xU Improving Machine Setup Have you set up a new dev machine and found it was frustrating or time consuming? It's ...

Tabbed Console starts here

Rich Turner April 13, 2018 Apr 13, 2018 04/13/18

[2018-06-29: Important Note: As announced in the release notes for Windows 10 Insider build 17704, Sets and Tabs will NOT ship in the next mainstream release of Windows (codenamed RS5). Please read the first bullet under the heading "General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC" for more details.] [2018-04-16: Updated to better reflect...

Copy and Paste arrives for Linux/WSL Consoles

Rich Turner April 13, 2018 Apr 13, 2018 04/13/18

As of Windows 10 Insider build #17643, you can copy/paste text from/to Linux/WSL Consoles!!! We know that this is a feature MANY of you have been waiting for - our sincerest thanks for your patience & continued support while we untangled the Console's internals, allowing us to implement this feature. To ensure that we don't break any ...

OpenSSH in Windows 10!

Rich Turner January 22, 2018 Jan 22, 2018 01/22/18

SSH is one of the most important tools in the *NIX world, through which users communicate with shells, applications, and services running on remote machines, devices, VM's and containers. Windows users most often remotely access Windows machines, devices, VM's and Containers via the amazingly powerful Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) which, as ...

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