microsoft / microsoft/terminal
FR: Customizable HTML/formated copy
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Description
Description of the new feature/enhancement
Text copied in formated form, like HTML, should be customizable by settings, so in case you do a lot of copy-paste you don't have to re-format each piece to match your preferences.
All of them should be optional, with some default values. Once settings are categorized, they should go into single category.
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
My propositions:
| Property | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
htmlWidth |
String | "terminal" |
- terminal - the width of the actual terminal. - text - up to the last printable character. Like terminal, but with stripped blank space on the right. - infinite - Scratches to available space (current behaviour). - Valid css value e.g. 500px |
htmlBackground |
String | background's value |
Could anything that background can be or any valid css value that would be passed to background css property, like url. Theoretically we could support stripping the actual background (like image) and embed it as base64. I'd like that feature, but I'm afraid it's too heavy for a while. |
htmlOffsetFirstCharracter |
Boolean | true |
In situation like this: 012 3456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST where this means selected, true makes the paste as:3456789 ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNOPQ and false as: 3456789 ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNOPQ |
Other than these above, properties padding, fontFace, fontSize and colorTable should be duplicated for the html/formated text so they can be set separately. If not set, they would match the terminal's ones.
Contributor guide
First steps
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- 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
Start by locating the Windows Terminal code that produces formatted or HTML clipboard copies and the existing settings definitions for terminal appearance. Compare the current behavior with the proposed htmlWidth, htmlBackground, htmlOffsetFirstCharacter, padding, fontFace, fontSize, and colorTable options, then define tests covering each optional setting and its default behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, html
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100