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Emoji support is currently the top requested feature for Windows Terminal. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is...

comment by emddudley · 2022-01-28 · in Terminal support for emoji

…[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxM8QmyZXtg [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99dKzubvpKE [2] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by dr_zoidberg · 2022-01-15 · in Rich: A Python library for rich text and formatting in the terminal

…And there is movement in getting changes into the terminal itself: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10461

comment by FemmeAndroid · 2022-01-05 · in Burn My Windows

…seems. Instead of having fun, they should be performing doctoral research to improve performance. ( https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362#issuecomm... )

comment by bogwog · 2022-01-04 · in Burn My Windows

…I'm trying to convince myself to write one for a curved CRT look and one for phosphor persistence. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/samples/Pixe... The Windows Terminal team has a lot more fun than the others, it seems.

comment by rbanffy · 2022-01-04 · in Burn My Windows

…research project in performant terminal emulation as “extremely simple” somewhat combatively. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by rasz · 2021-12-08 · in Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

…the build process for a component that lives in CSRSS wasn’t on our critical path. [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/tree/main/src/renderer... [2]: which the article has already called out! [3]:…

comment by DHowett · 2021-10-25 · in Fun with Nano Server

…menu — hit the Windows key, start typing, press enter — the menu won’t close automatically. 0: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/7122

comment by notreallyserio · 2021-10-22 · in Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux

Apparently not just Microsoft. Quoting from TFA < https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362#issuecomm... > skyline75489 commented on Jun 8 Here’s something interesting. I tried to port the benchmark to Linux and I’m seeing a even…

comment by gvb · 2021-10-05 · in Microsoft: Extremely slow performance when processing virtual terminal sequences

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Microsoft: Extremely slow performance when processing virtual terminal sequences

story by johnmaguire · 2021-10-05 · 3 comments

…https://github.com/hackerb9/sixvid Look at the FPS indicator in the bottom. It was pointed to me in https://github.com/microsoft/Terminal/issues/448#issuecommen... The issue may be in your code. I think I have similar performance issues,…

comment by csdvrx · 2021-10-05 · in Show HN: Sixel-tmux displays graphics even if your terminal has no Sixel support

…corporate-passive-aggression and (in my mind) are vastly more antagonistic than Casey ever was? 1. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by moritonal · 2021-10-05 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

Screen reader support[0] may have a noticeable performance cost. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10528#issuecomm...

comment by tjalfi · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

…WSL exists I can't imagine this is a universal policy towards reading GPLv2 code at Microsoft. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10462#issuecomm...

comment by justin66 · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

…That issue was closed but the current open issue which acknowledges this is a real problem is here: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10462 Here is a comment on the code directly from a contributor at Microsoft: > @AnuthaDev…

comment by FemmeAndroid · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

…consider that it seems like it might actually require genuine original high level research. [0]: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362#issuecomm...

comment by jameshart · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

…conhost.exe is that console (which is the "terminal window" for these applications). More reading: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/Niksa.md... Conhost is the window that's had updates all throughout Windows 10. It's…

comment by zadjii · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

That's probably some combo of: * https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/649#issuecommen... * https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/11230#issuecomm...

comment by zadjii · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

…see the evidence that it actually happened in the thread itself. Are we talking about this thread? https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by ZeroGravitas · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

Maybe, yeah. I don't have everything ready at hand but maybe take a look at: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.11.242... (Latest release, check the PRs linked under performance) https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issu…

comment by xoac · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

Where? He started completely neutral here: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 We live in a time where every competent developer is slandered in public if he isn't fully submissive to the great corporate powers.

comment by gnustop · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

In other news: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/11405

comment by firebaze · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

…do as well in the future... but this project is nowhere near as old as Gnome Terminal is. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362#issuecomm...

comment by imcotton · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

Yeah, typical Microsoft developers ( https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 ). That issue was pretty mild, they felt threatened and used CoC principles ("combative") to shut down the threat. This is how they also ruin "open"…

comment by vblap · 2021-10-04 · in It takes a PhD to develop that

…actually looks like in more recent Windows code the CONSOLE_GRAPHICS_BUFFER API flag is gone – see https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/fb597ed304ec6eef2... and https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/246

comment by skissane · 2021-09-21 · in What is this Gemini thing, and why am I excited about it? (2020)

…turned off all Windows Updates, and ideally I wont be upgrading Windows for a long, long time. 1. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by svnpenn · 2021-09-16 · in Windows 11: Just say no

We're actually tracking a bunch of follow ups from that whole discussion. The big ol' list is under https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%... , though the most specific thread is https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/i…

comment by zadjii · 2021-08-31 · in Windows Terminal Preview 1.11 Release

…and UI design. My favorite example of how this new generation of MS devs handle performance: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by no_time · 2021-07-27 · in Finding Windows HANDLE leaks, in Chromium and others

Non-mirror: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10044

comment by Hublium · 2021-07-20 · in Both Vim and Windows Terminal Focus Mode Are Hard to Exit

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Extremely slow performance when processing virtual terminal sequences

story by WillDaSilva · 2021-07-07 · 1 comment

Link to the mentioned Github issue: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362 I think there's stuff for a PhD in there. Just not in CS.

comment by mbger · 2021-07-04 · in A completely unoptimized terminal renderer that runs at several thousand FPS

The mentioned GitHub issue: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362

comment by veltas · 2021-07-03 · in How fast should an unoptimized terminal run?

…suck" can justify any of this. [1] https://twitter.com/cmuratori/status/1401761848022560771 [2] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/10362#issuecomm... [3] https://twitter.com/cmuratori/status/1405356794495442945 [4]…

comment by dmitriid · 2021-07-03 · in Apple and Intel first to use TSMC 3nm

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Extremely slow performance when processing virtual terminal sequences

story by AnIdiotOnTheNet · 2021-06-19 · 1 comment

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New Windows terminal renders at 2fps

story by dmitriid · 2021-06-17 · 3 comments

Isn't the new Windows Terminal app open source? https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by djxfade · 2021-05-13 · in CP/M for OS X

> Terminal clients are subpar at best https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by oblio · 2021-05-04 · in Volta

And it seems some improvements to mixed elevation is coming soon: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/8455

comment by sharken · 2021-05-02 · in Windows Terminal Quake Mode

…Note that Windows Terminal project uses issue numbers for specs, so there are not 5000 specs :) https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/tree/main/doc/specs Another file worth looking at from time to time is the Roadmap.…

comment by sharken · 2021-05-02 · in Windows Terminal Quake Mode

Its not quite available yet, looks to be getting the bulk of the work released in 1.9 looking at https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/8888

comment by jon_n · 2021-05-02 · in Windows Terminal Quake Mode

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story by ingve · 2021-04-30 · 88 comments

Looks like they are working on tab management for 2.0, scheduled for the end of the year: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/terminal...

comment by ac29 · 2021-04-15 · in Windows Terminal Preview 1.8 Release

…performance than when running from wsl. Here is a related issue. There are many cousin issues. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/2047

comment by willis936 · 2021-04-13 · in The Dawn of a new Command Line Interface (2017)

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/492

comment by GiorgioG · 2021-03-27 · in How to make Command Prompt launch from Start Menu directly into Windows Terminal

They’re investing in it but it’s no iTerm https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by bin_bash · 2021-03-19 · in Docker for Mac M1 RC

…that could be made based on their behavior. Plus, I'm literally working on a [quake mode spec]( https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/pull/9274 ). We're reviewing that next week. I've got a prototype.Quake mode required a lot more…

comment by zadjii · 2021-03-02 · in Windows Terminal Preview 1.7 Release

It is Windows Terminal. See https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by ranieuwe · 2021-03-02 · in WSL Hello Sudo: Face Recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux

you looking for this ? https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by ElectricMind · 2021-02-13 · in Ask HN: Why hasn't anyone made a bash-like shell that directly targets Windows?

…programs running in the same console. Recently, a workaround for this issue has been discovered: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/217#issuecommen...

comment by xeeeeeeeeeeenu · 2021-02-12 · in Well-behaved alias commands on Windows

And their roadmap looks very nice: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/main/doc/terminal...

comment by oblio · 2021-02-11 · in Leaving Cmder for Alacritty (2020)