microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Unable to search as "Terminal" when It is displayed as "终端"
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Description
Title: Unable to search as "Terminal" when Terminal is displayed as "终端"
Version: 1.12.10733.0
Windows version: Windows 11 workstation 21H2 22000.527
Description:
Once the Terminal upgrade the Chinese language, the name switch to "终端". Then you'll be not able to search it as "Terminal".


For modern UWP application, it usually can be search as English even if it has alternative traslation. the searches of Mail exemplify this situation.

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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue on Windows 11 with the Terminal language set to Chinese, then compare searching for the localized name with searching for "Terminal" and with the Mail example. Done means the English name "Terminal" also finds the application when its displayed name is "终端".
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, localization, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100