Is there a way to force the Windows Terminal to start maximized (not full-screen - I still want my taskbar to be there) by default?
If you mean the new Windows terminal (preview), that is possible with adding:
"launchMode": "maximized"
to the "globals" section
Source: Windows Terminal Preview 1910 Release
In addition to what #Petar said, since preview v.1.1.1671.0, --fullscreen and --maximized are two optional switches for the wt execution alias if you're automating something and trying to run the terminal maximized only sometimes.
So, these two ways of launching the terminal from the command line are now an option:
wt --maximized
wt --fullscreen
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I have a couple command line apps (launch4j + java.exe) I use.
I'd like to run them on Windows Terminal instead of cmd.exe. But, even after installing Windows Terminal, when I execute the launch4j exe, it still runs on cmd.exe.
If I run wt myapp.exe -oneinput it works, but I'd like to run myapp.exe directly.
Is there any setting I must do so that Windows Terminal is used in place of cmd.exe?
The Windows Terminal team are working to enable Windows Terminal to become the default command-line user experience on Windows.
Stay tuned to the Windows CommandLine Blog for news and updates on up-coming features.
I want to launch my python programs into full screen or whenever i run it from cmd or powershell i always want to get the output into full screen. How can I do that ?
Create a shortcut for .cmd file and modify the Shortcut tab under Properties. Choose "Maximized" from Run: section.
I am on Windows 7 and I have Git Bash at my disposal after installing Git for Windows.
I found mouse inconvenient to select-copy-paste in terminal window. What is the shortcut for text selection (like Shift+←, Shift+→ in Notepad editor)?
I have seen many irrelevant verbose replies to this question, but all, what I am looking for is just an appropriate shortcut (like Ctrl+Insert for Copy and Shift+Insert for Paste).
It is best to install a CMD enhancer like ConEmu.
From there, you can type "bash", and you will see in that Git bash session, that simple CTRL+C, Ctrl+V are enough for copy/paste.
And for selecting the text (in a ConEmu session), Shift+←, Shift+→ works too. For W7 or W10.
I built a Lazarus GUI application using Ubuntu and then took it onto Windows to compile. On Ubuntu I run it from the terminal like this:
./prg arg
It runs fine using the argument arg passed to it. On Windows this is what I did:
Create shortcut to exe
Edit shortcut and include the argument.
To run on Windows, I run the shortcut.
It works fine but there's an additional terminal window opening behind the application, when I run the shortcut. When the application exits, the window closes with it. The terminal window is empty.
On Windows, before compiling I had to uncheck the -WG switch in compiler options. This was because althought the app is GUI-based, there is a simple routine that checks for the argument passed at command line and uses Writeln to output a message if there were errors.
My key question is why is this terminal window coming up on Windows and how do I get rid of it or suppress it?
Thanks!
(1) Make sure you have set {$APPTYPE GUI} in your code. Otherwise there will be always a "terminal" opened on windows.
(2) Maybe you are confusing a "real" shortcut (*.lnk) with cmd/batch file? The latter also opens a terminal that dies when the lauched app closes.
Vim under win32 opens a command prompt (vimrun.exe actually, which opens in a terminal window) on every external command, silent or not. Yes, the terminal closes automatically, but it is still quite annoying.
This makes plugins that make extensive use of external commands, such as syntastic (it runs a command on buffer open/save), a real pain.
Is there some way to fix this behavior? What I want is for the terminal to open only for non-silent commands.
Rather than just ![windows command] you might try:
!start /min [windows command]
Alternatively, if you define a shortcut to a windows app you can click on the shortcut's properties and set it up to run as 'Minimized' rather than as 'Normal'
In both cases above an app button will show up on taskbar as the app is opened, as there would be for any minimized application. But it's less intrusive than having an actual window open.
NOTE The !start command solution runs the command asynchronously, resumes Vim immediately without waiting for the command to complete, which may often not be what you want. In that case the use of shortcut set up to run as minimized is better solution.
Just to bring closure: I wrote a replacement runner utility for Vim on Windows that doesn't open a visible command prompt. Here it is: vimrun-silent.