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Windows Terminal 1.0 has GPU support, tabs and panes
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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During Microsoft Build 2020, the most important event of the year for Microsoft and developers, they launched the newWindowsTerminal.
TheWindowsTerminal is a modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools andshellslike Command Prompt,PowerShell, and WSL.
Its features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations.
Windows Terminal 1.0
Microsoft finally releasedWindows Terminal 1.0, which was in Preview mode until now. The 1.0 version signals the fact that it’s stable enough for everybody to use.You can download the newWindowsTerminal directly from theMicrosoft Storeor you can go through theGitHubwhere you can also see some details about it.
Tabs and Panes
You will be able to run any command-line application inside tabs and panes inWindowsTerminal. Other improvements include creating profiles for each of your command line applications and opening them side-by-side, and each of your profiles can now be uniquely customized to your liking.
Also, the terminal will create profiles for you automatically if you haveWindowsSubsystem for Linux distributions or additionalPowerShellversions installed on your machine.
GPU Accelerated Rendering
WindowsTerminal utilizes the GPU to render its text which provides a faster experience from the command line. It also provides support for Unicode and UTF-8 characters.
You will even be able to display your emojis while using the terminal in a variety of languages.
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Claudiu Andone
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
