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#Alacritty wsl install
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Furthermore, WSL does not work well on my work computer, and WSL2 is not available on it yet at all.

Microsoft has released it on MacOS and Linux too now, and honestly, I just felt like trying something new. Despite a pretty good experience with Clink in Cmder, I decided it was time to try out PowerShell.

Since Alacritty is just a terminal emulator, it still needs a shell to run inside it. There is some remaining work to do though to make it look especially good and add back in a Git aware prompt. Īnd that's it! If all you wanted was a fast terminal emulator, this is pretty much all there is to it. # Paste text with right click, instead of the default middle mouse wheel # Updating to PowerShell 7 (added to my PATH variable as pwsh) # When set to `true`, selected text will be copied to the primary clipboard. Next, let's introduce a few functional changes to make it easier to use on my laptop: selection:

#Alacritty wsl code

I also copied the gruvbox_dark theme colors from the Alacritty Themes GitHub page, since it is the theme I use for all of my other software.Īlready we have an immediate improvement (in my eyes): Alacritty with Source Code Pro, Transparency, and Gruvbox Dark I started out by setting up the window defaults, fixing the font, and introducing a hint of transparency. For now, creating the config file: mkdir $env:APPDATA\alacritty

#Alacritty wsl full

Alacritty Defaultsįor a full list of configuration options, see the example configuration file, with all options commented out. Configuring Alacrittyīy default, Alacritty looks very plain out of the box. I finally knew enough to set up a Git aware prompt myself.

#Alacritty wsl install

I needed to install Git and OpenSSH anyway for other tools, so it didn't bother me not having it built in. It feels fast, even when working with files quickly in VIM something that was especially annoying in Cmder. The minimal configuration Alacritty offers is through a YAML file, but the options are all clear and there are few enough that it is easy to look them up. Many of the initial positives for Cmder did not matter to me any more, and Alacritty addressed the negatives too. I initially dismissed it since it also did not have Windows support, but I came across it while searching for a Cmder replacement. It was fast, but didn't have some basic features like tabs or scrollback. As I got more comfortable setting up my own command line and dev tools, the sensible defaults that drew me to Cmder in the first place eventually led it to be a little more frustrating later on.Īlacritty initally made waves on Hacker News back in 2017 for being a fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Rust.

Settings Menu - Cmder offers a lot of customizability, but it presents so many options that I found it difficult to find what I wanted or to discover new features.

While admittedly not nearly as bad, it also feels slow on my home laptop and desktop even though they both have SSDs.

#Alacritty wsl update

Admittedly my work computer has a terrible hybrid drive which entirely negates the otherwise powerful machine, but when Windows Update runs in the background, I can barely open Cmder or run basic commands like ls. You might be thinking this all sounds great! It has some handy features to make it feel more like Linux and required minimal configuration! What went wrong?

Clink and the Git aware prompt were new to me at the time and really interesting.

The default theme settings looked pretty good particularly in comparison to PowerShell or the Windows Command Prompt.

It came with git and ssh out of the box.

#Alacritty wsl portable

It had a portable version! This was especially important since I was not allowed to have admin rights on my work computer and wanted the same terminal console everywhere.

Let's dive into some of the positives and negatives that in the end led to me searching for alternatives.

For anyone who is a little more settled in their development careers though, the question gets a little more complicated.

Would I still recommend Cmder?Īfter so many years of using Cmder, I actually still recommend it to newer analysts, people who migrate computers a lot, or folks who don't have administrative rights on their work computers. There were a few key reasons why I gravitated towards it, and why it has stuck around for so long, but few issues have now led me elsewhere. Since about 2017, I've been using Cmder almost daily as my console emulator of choice.