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Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing (2018)

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Re: Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing (2018)

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Post by snazz »

poizan42 wrote: post #40
ChrisSD wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows 7.1 extend support ends on January 14, 2020. So is your org planning a very fast rollout or is it paying $$$ for Extended Security Updates?

There is nothing called Windows 7.1. Windows 7 extended support ends January 14, 2020. Windows 8.1 won't end its extended support until January 10, 2023.

It most likely is a reference to Windows 7 SP1. I've never seen it written as "7.1" but that is probably what they meant.

Re: Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing (2018)

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Post by jeromescuggs »

wsltty is the most underrated app i use on the regular. i was pumped about the new microsoft terminal for all of 5 seconds, then i used it, what a letdown.

with alot of help from wsltty and autohotkey, i am quickly approaching some sort of windows+linux singularity event, https://i.imgur.com/cXykxPN.png

Re: Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing (2018)

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Post by lukeschlather »

It's funny, because I quit using WSL because of high latency. I can't say input latency is a big deal to me. I can always wait 100ms for the buffer to catch up with my typing.

But when most commands have 500ms of overhead that is another story. My Xfce4 terminal running in a Hyper V VM is so much faster. If only there were seamless copy-paste. (Incidentally, I tried using Virtualbox but the latency there is more like WSL.)

Re: Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing (2018)

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Post by big_chungus »

I often find myself using cmd (the old terminal prompt that is default WSL) on windows. It's not perfect, but I found a patch to enable ANSI color support and it's so much better latency-wise. I hope others work as well in the future; the fancy new much-lauded windows terminal, on the other hand, is to horribly latent for comfortable use (as are many others).

Re: Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing (2018)

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Post by kgwxd »

I didn't realize how bad input latency had gotten in general until recently when I needed to boot directly into a terminal. Sometimes I could swear the character appears on the screen before I even hit the key. It's a weird feeling, but I would like more of it.

Re: Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing (2018)

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Post by birdyrooster »

nickjj wrote: post #59
birdyrooster wrote: post #51

Too bad it doesn’t handle Unicode. Also it’s a shame that it doesn’t have tabs or any hot keys for increasing productivity. It’s really a good shell if you don’t have work to do.

Yeah, that's why I switched to wsltty many many months ago. It has comparable input latency, good hotkey support, clickable URLs, unicode support, etc..

Thank you very much! I will try that out.

Re: Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing (2018)

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Post by sterlind »

kienkien wrote: post #17
Kipters wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's faster and works better than old conhost.exe they're also planning to overhaul it with more modern features judging from its trailer[0] (yes, this terminal has a fancy 3D trailer) [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gw0rXPMMPE

The real app look nothing like this clip. Really awful, that I have go back to Cmder

I'd recommend giving it another go and digging into the documentation. They've made the UX much less clunky and support panes now as well as tabs, proper copy/paste etc. My only wish is modal keybindings but if I cared enough I'd send a PR for them.

It was extremely barebones six months ago but it's come a long way, and faster than anything else I've tried.

Re: Typing inside of the default WSL terminal feels amazing (2018)

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Post by boston_sre87 »

flowerlad wrote: post #57

I was excited about WSL when I first heard about it. But that excitement quickly faded when I realized most real apps, such as gcc, don't work under it. The best way to get a Linux prompt on Windows is to use Docker. Use the -v option to share your drive.

Think it'd be worth trying on wsl2 again. The first version was too slow to use, but I am loving wsl 2 now. The integration between windows and the wsl2 vm is a lot more seamless than it used to be. You can navigate the c drive from the wsl shell and also do stuff like `explorer.exe .` to open a windows folder app in the current wsl directory. The vscode integration is amazing as well. After using a mac for many years, it took me about a week to be sold on using a windows laptop from here on out.
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