Put simply, having just enough & specific information for a task is all I need. Thus, I follow the principles of minimalism wherever possible. The time which I could spend on projects & work instead.īesides, there’s also the problem of cognitive overload I’ve trouble dealing with. But customizing to such an extent comes with a caveat, spending way more time on customizing the Terminal to look “perfect” is time-consuming. You can add multiple panes to a tab with each running a different shell instance, the possibilities are infinite. You can set a background image (or a GIF) of your choice. Windows Terminal is VERY customizable, as you’ll see soon enough. So, without further ado, let’s dive into how I’ve made some very minimalist customization to WT. On that note, I’ve been using PowerShell 5.1 mainly because it’s there by default & is a much easier scripting language over Bash.

Hence, by popularity, Bash/zsh is supported through Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) & PowerShell 5.1 which ships pre-packaged with Windows 10. But I’m assured it supports most of the popular ones.

It supports a wide variety of shells, the full list of which I’m not aware of.

With that said, WT is a console developed & distributed by Microsoft. And ever since I moved from Ubuntu to Windows for my coding needs, I’ve come to realise how things have changed on Windows-land for the better. I was advocating Microsoft’s effort to make Windows a more developer-friendly platform for quite a while now. Heard of the new Windows Terminal (WT), Microsoft has been actively working on recently? You might’ve if you’ve been following my updates on Twitter.

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