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Windows Terminal Status Updates #3600

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cinnamon-msft opened this issue Nov 15, 2019 · 7 comments
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Windows Terminal Status Updates #3600

cinnamon-msft opened this issue Nov 15, 2019 · 7 comments
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Area-User Interface Issues pertaining to the user interface of the Console or Terminal Issue-Docs It's a documentation issue that really should be on MicrosoftDocs/Console-Docs Needs-Tag-Fix Doesn't match tag requirements Product-Terminal The new Windows Terminal.
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cinnamon-msft commented Nov 15, 2019 •
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This issue contains all of the status updates for Windows Terminal. This helps provide insight into where the project is at between releases.

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Comments have been disabled for this issue in order to reduce noise. Please use this issue for any discussion relating to status updates.
@cinnamon-msft cinnamon-msft added Product-Conhost For issues in the Console codebase Product-Cmd.exe The issue is related to the legacy command interpreter, CMD.exe. Area-Interop Communication between processes Issue-Docs It's a documentation issue that really should be on MicrosoftDocs/Console-Docs Area-Rendering Text rendering, emoji, complex glyph & font-fallback issues Area-Performance Performance-related issue Product-Conpty For console issues specifically related to conpty Area-Input Related to input processing (key presses, mouse, etc.) Area-Output Related to output processing (inserting text into buffer, retrieving buffer text, etc.) Area-Interaction Interacting with the vintage console window (as opposed to driving via API or hooks) Area-Server Down in the muck of API call servicing, interprocess communication, eventing, etc. Area-VT Virtual Terminal sequence support Area-Fonts Related to the font Area-User Interface Issues pertaining to the user interface of the Console or Terminal Area-TerminalConnection Issues pertaining to the terminal<->backend connection interface Area-Build Issues pertaining to the build system, CI, infrastructure, meta Area-TerminalControl Issues pertaining to the terminal control (input, selection, keybindings, mouse interaction, etc.) Area-Extensibility A feature that would ideally be fulfilled by us having an extension model. Area-Accessibility Issues related to accessibility Area-Settings Issues related to settings and customizability, for console or terminal Product-Terminal The new Windows Terminal. Product-Meta The product is the management of the products. Area-CodeHealth Issues related to code cleanliness, linting, rules, warnings, errors, static analysis, etc. Area-AzureShell Workitems pertaining to the Azure Cloud Shell connection. Area-Quality Stability, Performance, Etc. Area-Schema Things that have to do with the json schema. Area-WPFControl Things related to the WPF version of the TermControl labels Nov 15, 2019
@ghost ghost added the Needs-Triage It's a new issue that the core contributor team needs to triage at the next triage meeting label Nov 15, 2019
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cinnamon-msft commented Nov 15, 2019 •
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October 25, 2019 Status

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Recent News / Releases

Terminal 1910 was released on Wednesday

  • Announced dynamic profiles and cascading settings
  • New tabs from WinUI

Terminal v0.6

  • These look very much like our original mockups from March :)

Terminal Mockup

Current Status

Plan for 1911 is in place

  • Accessibility improvements
  • Suppress application title
  • Progress on search functionality
  • UI tweaks
  • Bug fixes
  • (Fewer features because of Ignite)

Cascadia Code

  • Features currently in scope:
    • UFO conversion
    • Character extensions (Cyrillic, Greek, and Vietnamese)

Ignite Session

  • Carlos and Kayla are delivering a 45-minute breakout session at Ignite

Windows In-box Console/ConHost 20H1 Issues

Terminal 1911 Work

Terminal Roadmap

@DHowett-MSFT DHowett-MSFT removed the Area-Server Down in the muck of API call servicing, interprocess communication, eventing, etc. label Nov 16, 2019
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cinnamon-msft commented Dec 6, 2019 •
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December 5, 2019 Status

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Recent News / Releases

Terminal v0.7 was released on Tuesday 11/26

  • Features included:
    • Tab reordering
    • Panes (multiple terminal windows within the same tab)
    • Suppress application title (custom tab titles)
    • Bug fixes
      • Copying and pasting works better now :)

Terminal v0.8 is scheduled for 1/7

  • Planned features include:
    • Search (below are mockups)
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    • Accessibility improvements
    • VT mouse mode
    • Tab sizing (below are mockups)
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    • Servicing releases are scheduled for before the holidays
      • Bug fixes!

Cascadia Code

  • https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases
  • New versions include:
    • Cascadia Code
      • Base version, includes coding ligatures, new version includes character tweaks
    • Cascadia Mono
      • Does not include coding ligatures
    • Cascadia Code PL
      • Base version with powerline glyphs
    • Cascadia Mono PL
      • No coding ligatures, with powerline glyphs
    • The newest base version of Cascadia Code was shipped inside the v0.7 Terminal release

Community News

Node+JS Interactive

  • Kayla is going to Node+JS Interactive in Montreal from December 10 - 12
  • Demo/Labs on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) and Terminal
  • 20 minute lightning talk: The New Command Line Experience on Windows

Terminal 1912 Work

Terminal Roadmap

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cinnamon-msft commented Jan 10, 2020 •
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January 9, 2020 Status

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Recent News / Releases

Terminal v0.8 will be released on Tuesday 1/14

  • Release candidate is going out to internal Microsoft employees today
  • Features include:
    • Search
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    • Tab sizing
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    • Retro-style CRT effects (experimental feature)
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      (font used is PxPlus IBM VGA8 from https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/)
    • Enhanced panes and tabs key bindings
      • You can now specify a profile to open using custom key bindings
      • Ex:
        { "command": { "action": "newTab", "profile": "Ubuntu" }, "keys": [ "ctrl+shift+u" ] }
    • Custom default settings
      • You can now apply one setting to all of your profiles in your profiles.json file
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Terminal v0.8 Work

Terminal v0.9 Work

Terminal Roadmap

@DHowett-MSFT DHowett-MSFT removed Area-Accessibility Issues related to accessibility Area-AzureShell Workitems pertaining to the Azure Cloud Shell connection. Area-Build Issues pertaining to the build system, CI, infrastructure, meta Area-CodeHealth Issues related to code cleanliness, linting, rules, warnings, errors, static analysis, etc. Area-Extensibility A feature that would ideally be fulfilled by us having an extension model. Area-Fonts Related to the font Area-Input Related to input processing (key presses, mouse, etc.) Area-Interaction Interacting with the vintage console window (as opposed to driving via API or hooks) Area-Output Related to output processing (inserting text into buffer, retrieving buffer text, etc.) Area-Performance Performance-related issue Area-Quality Stability, Performance, Etc. Area-Rendering Text rendering, emoji, complex glyph & font-fallback issues Area-Schema Things that have to do with the json schema. Area-Settings Issues related to settings and customizability, for console or terminal Area-TerminalConnection Issues pertaining to the terminal<->backend connection interface Area-TerminalControl Issues pertaining to the terminal control (input, selection, keybindings, mouse interaction, etc.) Area-VT Virtual Terminal sequence support Area-WPFControl Things related to the WPF version of the TermControl labels Jan 22, 2020
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cinnamon-msft commented Feb 1, 2020 •
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January 31, 2020 Status

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Recent News / Releases

Terminal v0.9 is scheduled for 2/11

  • This is the last release that will have new features before the v1 release
  • Subsequent releases are strictly for bug fixes and polishing
  • Features include:
    • Command line arguments
      • new-tab, split-pane, focus-tab
      • Examples:
        • wt -d . (opens a new Terminal in the current working directory)
        • wt -p "profile name" (opens a new Terminal with the given profile)
        • wt; new-tab -p "profile name"; split-pane -V -p "profile name" (demonstrated below)
          terminal-cla
    • Accessibility improvements

Community News

One Dev Minute Videos

Terminal v0.9 Work

Terminal Roadmap

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cinnamon-msft commented Apr 3, 2020 •
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April 3, 2020 Status

Recent News / Releases

Settings changes are coming

  • The following changes have been made on GitHub and will be released via the Store in our next servicing release (v0.11):
    • Profiles.json has been renamed to settings.json
    • Ctrl+c/v will be shipped inside the settings.json file for copy and paste and will automatically appear for NEW installations/settings files.
      • Ctrl+shift+c/v will still be bound be default to copy and paste in the defaults.json file
    • The following deprecated settings have been removed on the master branch:
Deprecated Setting Replacement Setting
copyTextWithoutNewlines { "command": { "action": "copy", "singleLine": true }, "keys": "ctrl+c" }
decreaseFontSize { "command": { "action": "adjustFontSize", "delta": -1 }, "keys": "ctrl+-" }
increaseFontSize { "command": { "action": "adjustFontSize", "delta": 1 }, "keys": "ctrl+=" }
moveFocusDown { "command": { "action": "moveFocus", "direction": "down" }, "keys": "alt+down" }
moveFocusUp { "command": { "action": "moveFocus", "direction": "up" }, "keys": "alt+up" }
moveFocusLeft { "command": { "action": "moveFocus", "direction": "left" }, "keys": "alt+left" }
moveFocusRight { "command": { "action": "moveFocus", "direction": "right" }, "keys": "alt+right" }
newTabProfile0 - newTabProfile8 { "command": { "action": "newTab", "index": NUMBER }, "keys": "ctrl+shift+NUMBER" }
resizePaneDown { "command": { "action": "resizePane", "direction": "down" }, "keys": "alt+shift+down" }
resizePaneUp { "command": { "action": "resizePane", "direction": "up" }, "keys": "alt+shift+up" }
resizePaneLeft { "command": { "action": "resizePane", "direction": "left" }, "keys": "alt+shift+left" }
resizePaneRight { "command": { "action": "resizePane", "direction": "right" }, "keys": "alt+shift+right" }
splitHorizontal { "command": { "action": "splitPane", "split": "horizontal"}, "keys": "alt+shift+-" }
splitVertical { "command": { "action": "splitPane", "split": "vertical"}, "keys": "alt+shift+plus" }
switchToTab0 - switchToTab8 { "command": { "action": "switchToTab", "index": NUMBER }, "keys": "ctrl+alt+NUMBER" }
trimWhitespace { "command": { "action": "copy", "singleLine": true }, "keys": "ctrl+c" }

Terminal v1.0 Work

Terminal Roadmap

@zadjii-msft zadjii-msft added this to the Terminal Backlog milestone May 11, 2020
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We've kinda gone in another direction with posting status updates. I'm gonna close this one out for now.

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