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Windows Terminal

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  • Latest Version

    Windows Terminal 1.22.10352.0 LATEST

  • Review by

    Daniel Leblanc

  • Operating System

    Windows 10 / Windows 11

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  • Author / Product

    Microsoft Corporation / External Link

  • Filename

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The brand-new Windows Terminal improves upon the legendary command-line system administrator app by adding a fast, optimized, and powerful terminal application platform for a new modern age.

With full support for shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL, new Windows Terminal adds more modern user interface features such as tabs, GPU accelerated text rendering engine, Unicode, and UTF-8 character support, custom themes, and in-depth user configuration support.

Built as the new open-source environment under the code name “Cascadia” and developed with the insights and direct contribution from the worldwide community, new Windows Terminal strives to greatly enhance productivity for professional users who are used to control and monitor their workflow jobs with this popular command-line tool.
 
Other much-requested features available in Cascadia are the support for window transparency effects, 24-bit color support, JSON settings file, integration with Microsoft Narrator, support for Azure Cloud Shell Connector, ANSI/VT sequences, and the ability to copy HTML format text to the clipboard.

However, be aware that as of late 2019 this developer utility app was still in the early preview release, providing users only access some of its features such as innovative “assistive technology”.

According to the official listing on the Windows Store, at that point, It was still not formally tested and users could experience various bugs and instabilities, which are being aggressively fixed on the road to releasing a final stable build.

Features and Highlights
  • A brand new modern terminal app for professional users.
  • Introduction of the tabbed interface.
  • Full support for modern Unicode character rendering.
  • GPU-accelerated app.
  • Advanced customizability.
  • 100% FREE!
Installation and Use

Windows Terminal is a developer utility app that is as of 2019 still in the early preview phase of release. But even in this development state, many developers are gladly using it to enhance their daily workflow.

The app can be quickly installed from its official Windows Store page by clicking on the “Get” button. Upon finishing the installation, you can start it and immediately notice many of the improvements new this codename “Cascadia” app is offering to professional users.

he most noticeable difference is the presence of tabs, GPU accelerated rendering and configuration area that can be accessed by clicking on the “+” button at the right of your latest tab. Settings can also be activated with a keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+,”.

How to Use
  • Install Windows Terminal from Microsoft Store
  • Launch Windows Terminal from Start menu or shortcut
  • Open new tabs with different command-line profiles
  • Customize settings in the JSON configuration file
  • Use keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation
  • Split panes for multitasking in one window
  • Change themes and appearance in settings
  • Use multiple shells like PowerShell, CMD, and WSL
  • Enable acrylic effects for a transparent background
  • Configure startup behavior and default profile
System Requirements
  • Windows 10 or Windows 11
  • 64-bit processor (x86-64 or ARM64)
  • Minimum 4GB RAM (8GB recommended)
  • At least 200MB of available storage
  • DirectX-compatible GPU for rendering
PROS
  • Customizable themes and layouts
  • Supports multiple command-line shells
  • Fast and smooth performance
  • Tabbed interface for better organization
  • Open-source and regularly updated
CONS
  • Requires Windows 10 or newer
  • No built-in support for older Windows versions
  • Limited graphical customization options
  • Learning curve for advanced configurations
  • Some features depend on external tools


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What's new in this version:

Features:
- This version of Windows Terminal comes with Cascadia Code 2407.24; this version fixes a hinting issue in Arabic glyphs
- We're piloting a new color scheme, "Ottosson", which offers well-distributed and consistent hue and chroma based on the Oklab color space
- Settings UI Overhaul (small edition - see 1.23 Preview for more!)
- We've added a new Compatibility page at the top level and a Terminal Emulation page inside Profiles to control application compatibility settings
- You can now configure the translation of paths dropped on or copied into Terminal to use one of four styles: None (Windows, no translation), WSL (/mnt/c), MSYS2 (/c) or Cygwin (/cygdrive/c) via a new profile setting pathTranslationStyle (enum none, wsl, msys2, cygwin; default none except for WSL profiles)

Changed:
- In cmd and python (and other users of console line input), choosing a command from history will once again duplicate it in your history; this reverts #17852
- On Windows 11 24H2, Terminal will no longer be updated while it is in use (this might look familiar! There was an issue preventing this from working until this change landed)
- The POSIX-style path translation modes will (finally!) properly escape paths containing single quotes
- You can now disallow applications from writing to the Windows Clipboard (profile setting compatibility.allowOSC52, boolean, default true; Terminal Emulation settings)

Fixed:
- Ctrl+Insert will (finally!) copy selected text in the Command Palette
- The "Close Window" action will no longer bypass the close confirmation dialog
- The schema document has been updated to include the Windows.Terminal.VisualStudio dynamic profile source
- compatibility.textMeasurement is now present in the JSON settings schema document

Reliability:
- Terminal will no longer occasionally hang when an IME is in use which calls back into the application while composition is ongoing

Console APIs and VT:
- Client applications will once again be closed in newest-to-oldest order, and CTRL events will be processed for all clients even if one had failed during event processing
- Repeated console API calls that transit less than 128KiB of data will no longer cause heap thrashing
- The new readline implementation in 1.22 will now work more consistently in the face of concurrent output

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