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…Casey Muratori (a highly experienced game engine developer) and the Microsoft Terminal team. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 It really highlighted how crappy software gets written in large corporations. They told him…

comment by rShergold · 2023-05-24 · in Rio: Terminal app built over WebGPU, WebAssembly and Rust

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story by zadjii · 2023-05-23 · 1 comment

…bad idea, it can be removed. It's much harder to justify that when it's been baked into the OS. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by Jochim · 2023-05-11 · in Windows 11 in Svelte

…be how Microsoft employees allegedly prevented themselves from reading refterm source code, cf. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10462#issuecomm...

comment by taink · 2023-04-03 · in Saying Goodbye to GitHub

…codes for one. The end of the doc contains a pros & cons section of the alternative approaches. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/specs/%2...

comment by ibiza · 2023-04-02 · in Comprehensive Keyboard Handling in Terminals

…of INPUT_RECORD events. These are the events seen by console programs in Win32. It's quite nice. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/specs/%2...

comment by ibiza · 2023-04-02 · in Comprehensive Keyboard Handling in Terminals

And this is why I'm so interested in Sixel support for the Windows Terminal ( https://github.com/microsoft/Terminal/issues/448 ) With that and a X server using sixels, there would no longer be a need for something as complex as wslg for…

comment by csdvrx · 2023-02-03 · in Blink virtual machine now supports running GUI programs

…conhost [0] are open sourced, that's why I believe some day far in the future it will happen. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by LelouBil · 2023-01-20 · in No Start Menu for You

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story by vodou · 2022-12-29 · 139 comments

yep. It's pretty great actually. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by locusofself · 2022-12-28 · in More developers use Linux than Mac, according to 2022 StackOverflow survey

It's not. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by notpushkin · 2022-12-03 · in Puter

We (Nushell core team) think it's a Windows Terminal bug, please upvote the issue: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/13710

comment by ripley12 · 2022-11-01 · in Nushell: Introduction to a new kind of shell

…for reference purposes. They already have one open source part I know of, the new conhost[0]. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by LelouBil · 2022-10-16 · in GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code

…) Personally I think that he owes them nothing, especially after the way he was treated in https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 so I can't comprehend statements which claim that he was an asshole for using GPL.

comment by ttybird2 · 2022-09-30 · in Why modern software is slow

…tabs open, and I'm nearly 50/50 of whether I use cli or explorer to browse or operate on files. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal [2] https://scoop.sh/ [3] https://ohmyposh.dev/ [4] https://scoop.sh/#/apps?q=busybox&s=0&d=1&o=true

comment by gregmac · 2022-09-23 · in Software I’m thankful for (2021)

…a daily driver as work on this issue started picking up, but it looks like progress is being made: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/448

comment by retrocryptid · 2022-07-18 · in WordPerfect for UNIX (1992)

> it's hard to believe that it's incompetence. On the one hand yes, but on the other hand, https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by bogwog · 2022-07-05 · in Xbox Cloud throttles performance if user agent is Linux

…kill-line "\e[3^": kill-line And last time I checked, Windows terminal needed proper remaps cf https://github.com/microsoft/Terminal/issues/755 like { "keys": "ctrl+backspace", "command": { "action": "sendInput", "input": "\u0017" }, This…

comment by csdvrx · 2022-05-18 · in Everything you ever wanted to know about terminals

…the whole issue that came to Microsoft Terminal team in 2018 up to its most recent discussions on https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/109 then check the "simpler" version in wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#…

comment by csdvrx · 2022-05-18 · in Everything you ever wanted to know about terminals

…author I invite everyone to go through the actual discussion[0] and draw their own conclusions. 0. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by curiousgal · 2022-05-15 · in How many colors are too many colors for Windows Terminal?

…It has to do with Windows lacking session elevation for pipes but supporting it for window handles https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/Niksa.md... If you want to get real hacky in the meantime you can run the ssh server…

comment by zamadatix · 2022-05-12 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

Installer here at bottom: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.12.109...

comment by test1235 · 2022-05-12 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

…some incredibly basic information. This issue seems to fully explain the issue with the telemetry: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/5331 The biggest takeaway to me here (besides the explanation of the telemetry levels) is that…

comment by SargeZT · 2022-05-12 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

…stopping collecting the list of processes due to "community consternation" but have not yet: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/6103 They could at least document what they collect so we aren't left guessing.…

comment by ridiculous_fish · 2022-05-12 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

…that most of this telemetry code is only enabled when ETW (Event Tracing for Windows) is enabled. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/2b202ce6d99340401... ETW is explicitly opt-in on windows and is almost exclusively used for…

comment by SargeZT · 2022-05-12 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

…like the names of processes which are run. That is well beyond what I would consider acceptable. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/57c3953aca49f68ac...

comment by ridiculous_fish · 2022-05-12 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

What you are stating is incorrect. Each of the calls you link to sets a boolean here: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/57c3953aca49f68ac... It does not transmit what you copy, search for or when you clicked/resized/closed the…

comment by Genbox · 2022-05-11 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

…for example. This most-generic event fires every time you type any input character on the keyboard: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/57c3953aca49f68ac... It also has more-specific events for several different ways of selecting,…

comment by Lammy · 2022-05-11 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

The core console emulator for Windows is a part of this too: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/tree/main/src/host

comment by easton · 2022-05-11 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

Here are all the ways it spies on you: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/search?q=Telemetry%3A%... https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/src/host/tel...

comment by Lammy · 2022-05-11 · in Windows Terminal Source Code

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story by apitman · 2022-05-11 · 203 comments

…did try to extend an apology. (Sincere or not, what is the extent that you deem sincere enough) https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10462#issuecomm... > We certainly handled the original issue poorly, and we're trying to do…

comment by ukverwwrttyv · 2022-05-07 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

…MS is just very bad at this. https://twitter.com/stewartlynch8/status/1522512601443454976 https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362#issuecomm...

comment by pas · 2022-05-07 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

…blind", instead of showing more humility Please re-read the original GitHub issue from the start: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 He is there trying to understand an issue, providing suggestions etc. And generally being…

comment by dmitriid · 2022-05-07 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

…their time, and therefore saying that things take way longer. The issue created 2 days afterwards ( https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10461 ) starts with the previously suggested solution which didn't make any sense because the…

comment by jbverschoor · 2022-05-06 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

I've read this github issue fully https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 and casey seemed very reasonable to me, possibly except maybe the last message. Apart from that, i don't really see an issue with the tone or attitude tbh.

comment by lawl · 2022-05-06 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

…more about you than about him. And yes, the New York Times is no better than reading Twitter. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by mav88 · 2022-05-06 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 The original discussion. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the way the Casey individual approaches it. At all. And yes it is simple . If your basic text terminal gets 30 FPS on modern…

comment by bfgoodrich · 2022-05-06 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

…he thought his PR would be rejected, given their reaction to his initial questions about the issue: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by HideousKojima · 2022-05-06 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

…other people reading our docs and we should take the time to care of each other with our language. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by AndrewKemendo · 2022-05-06 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

This seems to be the latest chapter of the Windows Terminal story. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27728177

comment by oneepic · 2022-05-06 · in When I tell the Windows Terminal team something is simple, I am "misguided"

…console apps at all – console apps were DOS apps and all Windows apps were GUI apps. [1] See https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/specs/%2... for details

comment by skissane · 2022-04-23 · in The Front-End Developer's Guide to the Terminal

…built in terminal. If you're on Windows, use Windows Terminal [0], the new one, not cmd prompt. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by cercatrova · 2022-04-22 · in The Front-End Developer's Guide to the Terminal

…reason I started this thread. What things should we be thinking about for the next few years? [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/4999#issuecomme...

comment by zadjii · 2022-04-19 · in What do you envision from the terminal of the future?

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Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing

story by pcr910303 · 2022-04-09 · 0 comments

…I wonder if this input lag test was done using the built-in terminal or this WSL1 terminal. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/327

comment by neurostimulant · 2022-04-09 · in Reliably Send an HTTP Request as a User Leaves a Page

Microsoft open sourced their terminal components a little while ago https://github.com/microsoft/terminal The team at Microsoft managing this are super responsive on Twitter https://twitter.com/DHowett https://twitter.com/cinnamon_msft

comment by andymac4182 · 2022-04-05 · in Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

fyi Windows Terminal is open-source and has 82k github stars https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by hu3 · 2022-04-05 · in Show HN: Warp, a Rust-based terminal

…entire doctoral research project in _insert whatever_ as “extremely simple” somewhat combatively. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 also https://twitter.com/danluu/status/1487228574608211969 "Nuanced communication usually…

comment by rasz · 2022-02-05 · in Fast File Finder for Windows is a tool for quickly finding files by name