Added initial docs for customizing windows terminal #2374
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| change. If you notice an error in the docs, please raise an issue. Or better yet, please file a PR with an appropriate update! | ||
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| ## Title of tab | ||
| When Windows Terminal launches, the shell has a special variable to determine the window title. This title is used to set the name of the tab inside Windows Terminal. |
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This text is a little misleading and likely not necessary considering the subsequent text & bullets.
| 2. Set the title within the shell (varies by shell) | ||
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| #### 1. Set the title from the settings of Windows Terminal | ||
| In the `settings.json` file from Windows Terminal, you can overrule the title of the tab by specifying the property `tabTitle`. |
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s/settings.json/profiles.json/g ;)
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| #### 1. Set the title from the settings of Windows Terminal | ||
| In the `settings.json` file from Windows Terminal, you can overrule the title of the tab by specifying the property `tabTitle`. | ||
| The `tabTitle` overrules the title from the individual shell. Please note that the `tabTitle` is static. |
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What does static mean in this context?
| ###### Documentation: [title - Microsoft Docs][cmdtitle] | ||
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| ## Customizing the prompt | ||
| The prompt is the part of the terminal shown before where your cursor is placed. |
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Suggest something like:
"The prompt is the text that is displayed at the start of each command-line, to the left of the cursor. For example, in Cmd, the default prompt is C:\>
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| ##### CMD | ||
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| prompt my new prompt |
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It might be good to mention about the prompt and title being environment variables. And that defaults can be set by editing the environment variables in windows.
I like the example:
set PROMPT=$e]0;$p$e$p$g
Might be good to show a screen shot of an environment variables window.
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Summary of the Pull Request
Add some initial docs for customizing the users experience in Windows Terminal.
I've seen you have been flooded with these questions, so I decided to write some docs. I know
bashis missing, but I've yet to master it. Feel free to come with feedback.References
Depending on the mind of @zadjii-msft in #2373, this might need to be updated very soon.
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