Who needs an iPad Pro? Look everyone, Windows Terminal has mouse input
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/18/ipad_pro_windows_terminal_mouse/
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Terminal fans may be forgiven for being a little surprised. After all, February's v0.9 was to have been the last to receive new features ahead of the v1 release. However, v0.10 is here, and the gang has sneaked in a few extra tweaks ahead of general availability.
Raising hopes that perhaps the irritating handling of mouse clicks in the session might be resolved, the team has trumpeted the support of Mouse Input. Alas, this does not mean a handy context menu. Instead, apps that use virtual terminal (input) such as tmux will spot when items have been clicked on the terminal window.
To be fair, it is a useful feature, particularly in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications, although this hack tends to stick to keyboard navigation while in text sessions.
Keyboard fans like me got an additional treat in the version 0.10 in the form of a command to open a new pane with the same profile of the pane that is in focus. A keybinding is required, but is a handy thing to have.
The effect on text of a window resize is also hugely improved, with the team admitting "we decided to call it a feature, even though really it was just a hundred bugs wearing a trenchcoat." Among the other tinkerings was one that we thought was the early onset of blindness, but was actually just the implementation of Ctrl+Shift+Wheel to turn acrylic on and off. Azure Cloud Shell is also markedly improved when used in the Windows Terminal.
The final release is due in May, when Windows Terminal will join the array of components that once were part of the core OS image of Windows, but have been freed to forge their own path. The list includes the likes of PowerShell [3]"don't call it Core" Core, Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 and the Chromium-based Edge.
It's almost as though the Windows operating system was being quietly dismantled, leaving just a Core behind. In the meantime, please excuse us: a [4]light theme is calling . ®
[1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/16/windows_slow_ring_wsl_2/
[2] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-v0-10-release/
[3] https://twitter.com/Steve_MSFT/status/1240081808617684992
[4] https://terminalsplash.com/
Re: That translucency stuff?
And when you resize a *nix terminal emulator, it doesn't screw up the instance of Vim or SSH running in it.
Re: That translucency stuff?
Pfft. Translucency?
The cool kids are now using green/amber-screen terminals with scan lines, wonky horizontal sync and spherical CRT screen distortion:
[1]https://itsfoss.com/cool-retro-term/
My new favourite terminal!
[1] https://itsfoss.com/cool-retro-term/
Re: That translucency stuff?
The first thing I attach to a new un*x system here at Chez jake is a so-called "dumb" terminal and Model M keyboard, and then send it a nice friendly login ... Contrary to the late Mr. Jobs opinion, serial ports still have a use when it comes to modern systems. It's amazing how useful a shell prompt is if the GUI goes titsup on "the main screen" (rare as that is these days). I also do most of my typing on a terminal. Fewer distractions.
Re: That translucency stuff?
Serial consoles also live on in embedded systems as well ... off with the GUI! :-D
Re: That translucency stuff?
But I like GUIs ... they allow me to easily overlap and utilize many terminal sessions. Throw in multiple desktops, one for admin, one for coding in C, one for perl, one for pr0n amusement, one with what looks like Excel Powerpoint for when the Boss is watching, one for ElReg (and other wholesome pursuits), etc., and what's not to like?
This is so useful, now can they just bring back the old start menu so I don't have to type in the name of the application I want to start?
That translucency stuff?
Linux has had that for ages now. Move on, nothing to see.
(Icon: Trolling .. but isn't it?)