This was a big learning curve at first, but over time I've gotten used to common stumbling blocks and don't have as many problems. There are some pros and cons of using Zsh, the biggest drawback I've found is some difficulty installing certain software. Other than that, most of the "magic" comes from my shell, Zsh!įor my shell, the programming language the command line uses, I use Zsh instead of Bash. I do have some tweaks to the color palette that I use - I think the biggest is that my default font is pink (the forefront color). ![]() You can use the shortcut cmd + d for a new pane horizontally, and cmd + shift + d for a new vertical pane. When running many processes at a time, as was required at my old job, I would easily have 10 panes open at a time When I do web development work, I usually have panes open for my server session and for running other commands as necessary. That being said, the feature that makes it a complete must have for me is the split panes. It has some really cool features, like search, autocomplete, and paste history. It's the first thing I get set up on when I get a new computer Unlike my relatively new text editor setup, my terminal configuration has followed me around for years - spanning over multiple jobs and even more computers. I went with VcXSrv since it looked like it was more actively maintained, but I tried both and they work the same.As a follow up to my post on my text editor setup, I wanted to write about the other key part of my development setup - my terminal. After researching, it seemed the two most popular options are: To run an X Window application, I needed to have an X Server installed and running on my Windows 10 machine. That was way overkill for what I wanted to accomplish, but reading through the post I learned/realized that if I had an X Server running on Windows, I could use GUI Linux terminal emulators “natively” on Windows! That opened up a ton of possibilities, and one of my favorite Linux terminals, Terminator, was now a possibility! Installing an X Server When I was about to give up, I saw a post on Reddit about someone who got XFCE working on WSL Bash. What I realized in my search and multiple trials was there just wasn’t a good Windows terminal emulator. Not gonna cut it for me (though I still do use Cmder regularly for when I need to run Windows cmd.exe) Linux Terminal Emulators I could never get mouse mode to work (scrolling or selecting panes), and resizing windows was problematic. Unfortunately, when I started using Tmux it became a problem. The closest I got, and one that I used for a while was Cmder: Love this app for managing remote connections (e.g. Pros: Screenshots online made it look pretty.Same as Wsltty, just harder to configure initially.Pros: Window resizing and mouse worked great.Same as Cmder - not as pretty though by default.Cons: Lacked mouse support in Tmux resizing Windows was funky.Each had their own drawbacks and I eventually gave up. I think I tried every major Windows terminal app I could find. ![]()
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