microsoft / microsoft/terminal

[Performance] vtebench tracking issue

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Description

This is an attempt to use vtebench by alacritty to measure & establish the performance baseline of Windows Terminal.

The program itself requires bash so we can only test it through WSL and SSH. Still it shows the real-life performance of this product.

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue names no repository files or tests. Start by reading the vtebench project and determine how it can be run through WSL and SSH; done means establishing a Windows Terminal performance baseline using that benchmark.

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Assessment

Tech stack
bash, cpp
Domain
cli, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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