Windows Terminal it is a command line environment compatible with many shell environments.
With this development tool, Microsoft won't replace existing consoles. Instead, enables you to run, inside the new Terminal, Command Prompt instances, PowerShell and WSL in separate tabs.
CMD, PowerShell and WSL in the same console
Windows Terminal is a command line application with multiple tabs, panels, shortcuts, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, emojis, GPU accelerated word processing, custom themes and more.
Created by Microsoft as an open source tool, Windows Terminal enables you to use the command prompt, PowerShell, the Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL) and other command line applications and shells on different tabs.
The app is not only packed with productivity features, it also includes customization options.
To download the Windows open source terminal, must go to microsoft store, from where it will be updated periodically.
Windows terminal features
Tabs and panels:
This is the main difference with other terminals. In Windows Terminal, everything runs inside tabs and panels. Actually, you can create profiles for each command line application and customize them to your liking.
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If you have WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) or companion versions of PowerShell on your PC, the program will automatically create these profiles.
GPU accelerated processing:
Thanks to the use of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) to render text, the terminal experience is much faster. In addition, allows you to use the terminal in multiple languages and display different emojis.
On the other hand, new Cascadia Code font included, even though the default is Cascadia Mono.
Customization options
Personalization is one of the main characteristics of this new terminal. From acrylic backgrounds to custom fonts, Windows Terminal includes different customization settings. You can even set your own keyboard shortcuts.
At the same time, so your workflow is not affected, you can customize each profile to match WSL, SSH and others.
Undoubtedly, a development tool that will be very useful for users of other shells, DOS and Bash consoles of the different Linux distributions.
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