{"id":5303,"date":"2019-12-18T10:40:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/?p=5303"},"modified":"2019-12-18T12:17:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T20:17:17","slug":"happy-holidays-from-the-windows-terminal-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/happy-holidays-from-the-windows-terminal-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays from the Windows Terminal Team!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/12\/terminal-fireplace.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/12\/terminal-fireplace.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1526\" height=\"868\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let&#8217;s take a look at everything that has happened and where we&#8217;re going from here.<\/p>\n<h2>Announcement at Microsoft Build<\/h2>\n<p>On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/build\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Build conference<\/a> in Seattle, WA. Here&#8217;s all of the content that came with our announcement:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <a href=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/introducing-windows-terminal\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Introducing Windows Terminal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8gw0rXPMMPE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The new Windows Terminal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The new Windows Terminal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8gw0rXPMMPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KMudkRcwjCw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Terminal: Building a better command line experience for developers &#8211; BRK3069<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Windows Terminal: Building a better command line experience for developers - BRK3069\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KMudkRcwjCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The same day as the announcement, the code for the Terminal and the Windows console host were both open sourced on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/terminal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>Releasing to the Microsoft Store<\/h2>\n<p>On June 21st, Windows Terminal v0.2 was released onto the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/windows-terminal-preview\/9n0dx20hk701\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Store<\/a>! Since then, the Windows Terminal team has produced multiple releases, thus improving the Terminal&#8217;s feature set and its reliability and performance.<\/p>\n<h2>Features Added<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a list of some of the main features that have been added since the Terminal&#8217;s release in June:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.2 &#8211; Custom Key Bindings<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.2 &#8211; Background Image Support<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.3 &#8211; Draggable Title Bar<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.3 &#8211; Azure Cloud Shell Connection<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.3 &#8211; Accessibility Support<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.4 &#8211; Settings Warning Messages<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.4 &#8211; Copy on Select and HTML Copy<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.4 &#8211; Double and Triple Click Selection<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.5 &#8211; Cascadia Code<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.5 &#8211; Settings Schema<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.5 &#8211; Close All Tabs Dialog<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.6 &#8211; Dynamic Profiles<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.6 &#8211; Cascading Settings<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.7 &#8211; Panes<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.7 &#8211; Tab Reordering<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.7 &#8211; Cascadia Mono &amp; Cascadia Code PL<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.7 &#8211; Full Screen Mode<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f v0.7 &#8211; IME Support<\/p>\n<h2>Top Contributors of 2019<\/h2>\n<p>Our community has played a huge part in the development of the Windows Terminal and we&#8217;d like to call out the top contributors of this year!<\/p>\n<h3>Contributors Who Opened the Most Non-Duplicate Issues<\/h3>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/j4james\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">j4james<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mikemaccana\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mikemaccana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mcpiroman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">mcpiroman<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Contributors Who Created the Most Merged Pull Requests<\/h3>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/j4james\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">j4james<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/skyline75489\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">skyline75489<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Summon528\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Summon528<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Contributors Who Provided the Most Comments on Pull Requests<\/h3>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dlong11\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dlong11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/j4james\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">j4james<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/skyline75489\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">skyline75489<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Notable Videos and Sessions<\/h2>\n<p>While you&#8217;re relaxing during the holidays, feel free to check out some videos on different ways to use the Terminal and how you can customize it!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <a href=\"https:\/\/myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com\/sessions\/81329?latestplayer=true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The modern Windows Command Line: Windows Terminal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oHhiMf_6exY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Customize the Windows Terminal with WSL2, Cascadia Code, Powerline, Nerd Fonts, Oh My Posh and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Customize the Windows Terminal with WSL2, Cascadia Code, Powerline, Nerd Fonts, Oh My Posh and more!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oHhiMf_6exY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A0eqZujVfYU\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Developing on Windows with WSL2 (Subsystem for Linux), VS Code, Docker, and the Terminal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Developing on Windows with WSL2 (Subsystem for Linux), VS Code, Docker, and the Terminal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A0eqZujVfYU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UxWN1BBr1bM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Web development on Windows (in 2019)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Web development on Windows (in 2019)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UxWN1BBr1bM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Plan for 2020<\/h2>\n<p>The Terminal team will continue coming out with preview releases on a monthly cadence. We are planning to be feature complete around February\/March. After that, we will focus on polish and performance to ensure the Terminal is ready to be a v1.0 product. Windows Terminal v1.0 is scheduled to be released within the first half of 2020!<\/p>\n<h2>Happy Holidays!<\/h2>\n<p>As always, if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to reach out to Kayla (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cinnamon_msft\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@cinnamon_msft<\/a>) on Twitter. To get started using and customizing the Terminal, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/terminal\/blob\/master\/doc\/user-docs\/UsingJsonSettings.md\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">documentation on GitHub<\/a>. If you&#8217;d like to file a bug or feature request, feel free to do so on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/terminal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub<\/a>. From everyone on the Windows Terminal team, we&#8217;d like to wish you all a happy holidays and a wonderful new year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/11\/1911teamsignatures.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/11\/1911teamsignatures.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2077\" height=\"316\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/11\/1911teamsignatures.png 2077w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/11\/1911teamsignatures-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/11\/1911teamsignatures-768x117.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/11\/1911teamsignatures-1024x156.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2077px) 100vw, 2077px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! 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