The new Windows Terminal that Microsoft announced on , already in for download in the store, on the official blog. For those interested - the project repository .
Terminal is a new Windows application for centralized access to the PowerShell, Cmd, and Linux kernel subsystems in the Windows Subsystem Linux package. Last for Windows Insider build 18917 as early as June 20th.
In order to use the new Terminal, you need to meet two conditions: install Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher and find the Microsoft Store button. Of course, you can always build Terminal from the sorts posted on GitHub, but the developers warn that in this case, "the manually assembled version will work in parallel with the version from the store." Apparently, it is implied that the store will not pick up the manually assembled terminal and will not update itself.
One of the main features of Terminal, which is actively "sold" on the company's blog, is a solid number of profiles.
Each of the profiles can be configured separately by editing the corresponding JSON file.
Microsoft also offers each user to choose which hotkeys and combinations to use and customize them to their liking.
The cherry on top of the customization was the ability to change the background-image of each profile through a banal image pull-up from the hard drive. So there is no limit to the imagination.
Now let's get a little more serious.
Why are there no technical details in the Microsoft blog post? Why is the focus on customization, hotkeys and other cosmetics?
Firstly, everyone has already said about Terminal at Build 2019 and there is not much to add. Now the company is trying to show that the new application is a friendly and user-friendly product that goes hand in hand with the new WSL. In fact, Microsoft just rolled out what they promised us in May, and somehow there is nothing special to add.
Second, it will take some time before the release of version 1.0. Judging by the text of the Microsoft blog, Terminal will leave the stage of active sawing no earlier than winter, that is, it will appear on stable versions of Windows in the store only in six months.
At the same time, company representatives actively agitate the community to provide feedback about the new product. So, Microsoft will be very grateful for comments and suggestions on Terminal in its own repository on Github and, let's say, the community to this call. We think that there will be a lot of comments in "issues" over the next week.
Source: habr.com