microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Feature Request: Clients of terminal need a way to inquire about the capabilities of the terminal
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- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Summary of the new feature/enhancement
Maybe this is as simple as an environment variable like VSCode uses for its terminal e.g. TERM_PROGRAM=WindowsTerminal / TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=0.0.1.0.
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
Start by creating the environment variables above so those of us using PowerShell can adapt our user experience (via PowerShell profiles) to Windows Terminal.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by reviewing the issue discussion and the terminal's handling of environment variables; done means Windows Terminal exposes capability and version information that PowerShell profiles can consume.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, powershell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100