cacheer.blogg.se - Windows terminal putty

When you press any key in Windows, it has to get processed somewhere:įirst, a key might be handled by Windows itself. So what the heck does this have to do with selecting words?!Īh, we're getting there -). plink.exe provides the SSH client that you can run in a different terminal.

pterm.exe provides the terminal functionality without the SSH client.

PuTTY is a bit of a hybrid, since it bundles both its terminal and text-mode application (the SSH client) into one. There are quite a few third-party terminals for Windows as well, and even more for Linux. For instance, you can run PowerShell by starting Windows Terminal and launching the PowerShell profile, but just running "PowerShell" from the Start menu will use the older Console Host. It also runs just fine under Windows 10, but not as "default". It's the default terminal starting with new installations of Windows 11 22H2, and can be set as the default in Windows 11 21H2. It's modern, open-source, feature-rich, and customizable - None of which apply to the older Console Host. Windows Terminal is the (fairly) new replacement. The Windows Console Host is the legacy, 25-year old or so terminal that you are likely seeing when running either PowerShell or Ubuntu/WSL. Windows provides two built-in terminals in the latest release: In recent PowerShell releases, it's PSReadline.Ī terminal, on the other hand, is the windowed application inside which your text-mode applications run.

This is typically the Linux readline library for Bash in Ubuntu. Inside the shell, there's an input handler for processing the actual keystrokes.

PowerShell and Bash (in Ubuntu in WSL) are shells, which are really just specialized text/console-mode applications for interfacing with other text/console-mode applications (such as Linux ls or Windows ipconfig.exe). Once activated, you can then use the Ctrl+( Shift)+ Left/Right keybindings to move and select words.įirst, it's important to understand the difference between the Shell and the Terminal: You can activate mark-mode with Ctrl+ Shift+ M (which is configurable). The latest release of Windows Terminal (1.15) has added support for "Mark mode", which is probably the closest you will get to the functionality you are requesting. In new installations of Windows 11 22H2, it is now the default terminal for PowerShell, CMD, WSL, and any other "console-mode" application. I would recommend upgrading to Windows Terminal, the (relatively) new terminal replacement in Windows.