Controlling Windows Terminal with KEYSTACK

[vefatica]

I have been playing with Windows Terminal. Earlier today I wanted an instance of WSL in a vertically-split pane, next to TCC. That would require opening Terminal's drop-down actions menu (Ctrl-Shift-Space) and pressing Alt-Enter on "Ubuntu".

To my surprise (especially the first key below), this works.

keystack Ctrl-Shift-" " Down 3 Alt-Enter

 

[vefatica]

That should be

keystack Ctrl-Shift-" " Down [3] Alt-Enter

 

[vefatica]

Here's a much better way. In settings.json's "keybindings" section ...

{ "command": { "action": "splitPane", "split": "auto", "profile": "Ubuntu"}, "keys": "alt+shift+u" }

Amazing! It worked the first time.

 

[vefatica]

P.S. I didn't try it but, according to the docs, you can specify "commandLine" (instead of "profile"), to run something that doesn't have a profile.

 

[Joe Caverly]

Here's a much better way. In settings.json's "keybindings" section ...

Thanks for that @vefatica. Works great!

        {
            "command": {
                "action": "splitPane",
                "split": "auto",
                "profile": "Windows PowerShell"
            },
            "keys": "alt+shift+p"
        }

I have also added a program to the launch list;

            {
                "guid": "{6B92BB33-361E-4A41-9BFD-D4E5C89739D4}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "HBRun",
                "commandline": "E:\\hb34\\bin\\hbrun.exe",
                "hidden": false,
                "fontSize": 20,
                "startingDirectory": "E://Utils",
                "tabTitle": "HBRun"
            }

Joe

 

[vefatica]

I tried getting "commandLine" (instead of "profile") to work. It wouldn't work. It kept giving me a split pane with the default profile (TCC) in it. I asked about it on GitHub ... just this moment got a reply. The reply said the JSON file is case-sensitive and to use "commandline".

"commandline" does work but Windows Terminal Key Bindings says "commandLine". I commented on that too.

So you could use a keybinding and "commandline" for HBRun

 

[vefatica]

A UNIX trick. "Cal" is a good example (thanks, Joe). A Terminal keybinding like this

{ "command": { "action": "splitPane", "split": "auto", "commandline": "c:\\windows\\system32\\wsl.exe cal -3 ; read -n1"}, "keys": "ctrl+shift+b" },

will give a 3-month calendar in a suitably split pane. The pane will close after any keystroke, including Escape.

"Read" is apparently the way to emulate TCC's PAUSE or INPUT in bash.

 

[vefatica]

Print the current date/time and hide the cursor too ...

"commandline": "c:\\windows\\system32\\wsl.exe cal -3 ; echo $(date) ; tput civis ; read -n1"