Add Stories to Windows Terminal #11631

@girlgerms commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

11/10, want to see this happen! 💜

@girlgerms commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): 11/10, want to see this happen! 💜

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@pandom commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

Knowing that this is possible my life will not be the same without it

@pandom commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): Knowing that this is possible my life will not be the same without it

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@GossiTheDog commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

We need this.

@GossiTheDog commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): We need this.

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@Lazza commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

I guess probably something could be hacked together with Cowsay and Fortune. This would get closer to feature parity with a real Linux machine. 😏

@Lazza commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): I guess probably something could be hacked together with Cowsay and Fortune. This would get closer to feature parity with a real Linux machine. 😏

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@mvandemar commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

I can't believe it hasn't already been implemented, this is a must have feature.

@mvandemar commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): I can't believe it hasn't already been implemented, this is a must have feature.

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@okms commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

This needs a kickstarter campaign

@okms commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): This needs a kickstarter campaign

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

Can this be integrated with #469?

@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): Can this be integrated with #469?

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@leo60228 commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

most recently, Twitter

I think Spotify was more recent

@leo60228 commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): > most recently, Twitter I think Spotify was more recent

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@filmgirl commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

most recently, Twitter

I think Spotify was more recent

Right you are! I’ve updated the issue accordingly.

@filmgirl commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): > > most recently, Twitter > > I think Spotify was more recent Right you are! I’ve updated the issue accordingly.

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

I haven't seen any feature request in this repo having this much reactions (and upvotes) in such short amount of time. 🤯

@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): I haven't seen any feature request in this repo having this much reactions (and upvotes) in such short amount of time. 🤯

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@snickler commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

This has my full support \o/

@snickler commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): This has my full support \o/

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@kylesethgray commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

I would love to see this happen.

@kylesethgray commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): I would love to see this happen.

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2026-01-31 02:53:03 +00:00

@giggio commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

How have I been using Terminal without this feature for so long? I'm using plain old terminal until we have it!

@giggio commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): How have I been using Terminal without this feature for so long? I'm using plain old terminal until we have it!

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@Don-Vito commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

Wondering if Terminal users are mentally prepared to such amount of social activity in their lives.. switching from 0 social life to this directly might be... overwhelming 😄

@Don-Vito commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): Wondering if Terminal users are mentally prepared to such amount of social activity in their lives.. switching from 0 social life to this directly might be... overwhelming 😄

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2026-01-31 02:53:03 +00:00

@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

Wondering if Terminal users are mentally prepared to such amount of social activity in their lives.. switching from 0 social life to this directly might be... overwhelming 😄

@Don-Vito Are you talking about me? 😄

@ghost commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): > Wondering if Terminal users are mentally prepared to such amount of social activity in their lives.. switching from 0 social life to this directly might be... overwhelming 😄 @Don-Vito Are you talking about me? 😄

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2026-01-31 02:53:03 +00:00

@Don-Vito commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

Wondering if Terminal users are mentally prepared to such amount of social activity in their lives.. switching from 0 social life to this directly might be... overwhelming 😄

@Don-Vito Are you talking about me? 😄

About myself actually 😄

@Don-Vito commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): > > > > Wondering if Terminal users are mentally prepared to such amount of social activity in their lives.. switching from 0 social life to this directly might be... overwhelming 😄 > > @Don-Vito Are you talking about me? 😄 About myself actually 😄

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2026-01-31 02:53:04 +00:00

@suadev commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

Doesn't it look cool? https://twitter.com/kose__suat/status/1329514405818732545

@suadev commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): Doesn't it look cool? https://twitter.com/kose__suat/status/1329514405818732545

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2026-01-31 02:53:04 +00:00

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

Well this thread was a good hilarious read to start my week. Thanks for that 🤣

I know that this is 90% a meme post from twitter, but this is also our actual work tracker, so I've gotta be at least 5% serious here:

I don't believe the Terminal is the place to implement most of this.

We've already got a commandline ecosystem problem of users just executing random scripts that they download with curl - if we're letting users install scripts that they saw on someone's story, then i can guarantee you there'll be scripts like "Run Graphical Applications in WSL!!!" that actually just rm -rf /mnt/c. I don't want to be held responsible for contributing to that problem.
I think GitHub gists are already better suited for a lot of this - they've already got syntax highlighting for different languages, they've already got accounts set up, and authentication, and hey, they've already got a web-scale website that can host all this, and frankly I'm not prepared, nor is anyone on the team, to build that ourselves.
We've also already got #469 on the backlog for recording Terminal output to the asciinema format, for sharing on https://asciinema.org. Again, that's another site that's probably better suited for hosting recordings of terminal sessions, rather than us standing this up on our own.

So those are reasons why I would reject this feature request. However, this thread is definitely @cinnamon-msft's responsibility, so I'll let them handle it.

As far as the following is concerned:

there could even be a way to share a gist/link to your config file to share your specific terminal preferences and font/color information.

I believe there's been discussion about that in the past, and that I'm on board with. "Stories", not so much.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): Well this thread was a good hilarious read to start my week. Thanks for that 🤣 I know that this is [90% a meme post from twitter](https://twitter.com/cinnamon_msft/status/1333341760848740352), but this is also our actual work tracker, so I've gotta be at least 5% serious here: I don't believe the Terminal is the place to implement most of this. * We've already got a commandline ecosystem problem of users just executing random scripts that they download with `curl` - if we're letting users install scripts that they saw on someone's story, then i can guarantee you there'll be scripts like "Run Graphical Applications in WSL!!!" that actually just `rm -rf /mnt/c`. I don't want to be held responsible for contributing to that problem. * I think GitHub gists are already better suited for a lot of this - they've already got syntax highlighting for different languages, they've already got accounts set up, and authentication, and hey, they've already got a web-scale website that can host all this, and frankly I'm not prepared, nor is anyone on the team, to build that ourselves. * We've also already got #469 on the backlog for recording Terminal output to the asciinema format, for sharing on https://asciinema.org. Again, that's another site that's probably better suited for hosting recordings of terminal sessions, rather than us standing this up on our own. So those are reasons why _I_ would reject this feature request. However, this thread is definitely @cinnamon-msft's responsibility, so I'll let them handle it. <hr> As far as the following is concerned: > there could even be a way to share a gist/link to your config file to share your specific terminal preferences and font/color information. I believe there's been discussion about that in the past, and that I'm on board with. "Stories", not so much.

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2026-01-31 02:53:04 +00:00

@bnb commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

+1 this is a vital feature. pls ship @cinnamon-msft 🙏🏻

@bnb commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): +1 this is a vital feature. pls ship @cinnamon-msft 🙏🏻

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2026-01-31 02:53:05 +00:00

@cinnamon-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

This definitely was a fun read, but I agree with @zadjii-msft that this doesn't really make sense for Terminal. Kudos to @filmgirl for writing such an entertaining feature request, however I will have to close this issue since we aren't planning to implement it. 😄

@cinnamon-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): This definitely was a fun read, but I agree with @zadjii-msft that this doesn't really make sense for Terminal. Kudos to @filmgirl for writing such an entertaining feature request, however I will have to close this issue since we aren't planning to implement it. 😄

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2026-01-31 02:53:05 +00:00

@Don-Vito commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

On the other hand a native support for twitter could prevent us from missing the meme post:

@Don-Vito commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): On the other hand a native support for twitter could prevent us from missing the meme post: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4639110/100654756-f8d55f00-3352-11eb-98e6-ddc9a8cedce3.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4639110/100654937-3f2abe00-3353-11eb-8671-8ac3a09f75b0.png)

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2026-01-31 02:53:05 +00:00

@trylaarsdam commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

Command + Story = Cory?

@trylaarsdam commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): Command + Story = Cory?

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2026-01-31 02:53:06 +00:00

@Spriithy commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

@Darth4212 but is it really ?

@Spriithy commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): @Darth4212 but is it really ?

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2026-01-31 02:53:06 +00:00

@supesu commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

@Darth4212 You use the terminal for coding?

@supesu commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): @Darth4212 You use the terminal for coding?

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2026-01-31 02:53:06 +00:00

@sunflsks commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

@Supesu Terminal? Coding? You must be insane, that is impossible! The terminal exists only for cmatrix

@sunflsks commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): @Supesu Terminal? Coding? You must be insane, that is impossible! The terminal exists only for `cmatrix`

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2026-01-31 02:53:07 +00:00

@Don-Vito commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

@Supesu Terminal? Coding? You must be insane, that is impossible! The terminal exists only for cmatrix

@Finermeerkat137 - you should try it. I recently switched to Terminal from VS 2019 and am really happy since then: same level of code completion and refactoring with almost twice less memory!

@Don-Vito commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): > > > @Supesu Terminal? Coding? You must be insane, that is impossible! The terminal exists only for `cmatrix` @Finermeerkat137 - you should try it. I recently switched to Terminal from VS 2019 and am really happy since then: same level of code completion and refactoring with almost twice less memory!

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2026-01-31 02:53:07 +00:00

@dewbjorn commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020):

@dewbjorn commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2020): ![200 (1)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4380333/100679379-3ff82b80-3324-11eb-8895-a9ec1f075fc6.gif)

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2026-01-31 02:53:07 +00:00

@thenexus00 commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

Could you maybe engage who ever is doing the visual studio code stories: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bar9.stories

Having something that is uniform across Microsoft development platforms will have a far better chance of being more than just a gimmick and have a solid base to grow.

@thenexus00 commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): Could you maybe engage who ever is doing the visual studio code stories: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bar9.stories Having something that is uniform across Microsoft development platforms will have a far better chance of being more than just a gimmick and have a solid base to grow.

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@shanselman commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

:shipit:

@shanselman commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): :shipit:

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@GossiTheDog commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

Btw can we call this Stories for Terminal E5 X?

@GossiTheDog commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): Btw can we call this Stories for Terminal E5 X?

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

I think someone could implement this as an extension 🤣

@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): I think someone could implement this as an extension 🤣

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@Midi-In commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

I seriously hope this is just a joke post

@Midi-In commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): I seriously hope this is just a joke post

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

@Supesu ~~I use Terminal to access Vim on WSL as my main editor~~

@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): @Supesu ~~I use Terminal to access Vim on WSL as my main editor~~

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@rubyFeedback commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

It's a fun-take and I wanted to upvote it for the fun part, but then I thought it may send the wrong message so I had to downvote it, just to not confuse newcomers. ;)

Many people want super-simple stories - the terminal story. They want a terminal, that's the story! But if people want pink ribbon hipster dancing marquee tags in the terminal, well, the terminal can always be as customizable as possible. Perhaps make the themes epic as much as possible. But for me personally? Simplicity. (It's ok to have more options). And the simplest story is to keep it so simple that stories are not necessary. USING the terminal is already the best story. ;)

(Admittedly I am actually more likely to use e. g. KDE Konsole + WSL on windows these days than windows Terminal BUT this is not always possible, and in these cases, then, Windows Terminal is so much nicer than oldschool cmd.exe ...)

@rubyFeedback commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): It's a fun-take and I wanted to upvote it for the fun part, but then I thought it may send the wrong message so I had to downvote it, just to not confuse newcomers. ;) Many people want super-simple stories - the terminal story. They want a terminal, that's the story! But if people want pink ribbon hipster dancing marquee tags in the terminal, well, the terminal can always be as customizable as possible. Perhaps make the themes epic as much as possible. But for me personally? Simplicity. (It's ok to have more options). And the simplest story is to keep it so simple that stories are not necessary. USING the terminal is already the best story. ;) (Admittedly I am actually more likely to use e. g. KDE Konsole + WSL on windows these days than windows Terminal BUT this is not always possible, and in these cases, then, Windows Terminal is so much nicer than oldschool cmd.exe ...)

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@rubyFeedback commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

It's a fun-take and I wanted to upvote it for the fun part, but then I thought it may send the wrong message so I had to downvote it, just to not confuse newcomers. ;)

Many people want super-simple stories - the terminal story. They want a terminal, that's the story! But if people want pink ribbon hipster dancing marquee tags in the terminal, well, the terminal can always be as customizable as possible. Perhaps make the themes epic as much as possible. But for me personally? Simplicity. (It's ok to have more options). And the simplest story is to keep it so simple that stories are not necessary. USING the terminal is already the best story. ;)

(Admittedly I am actually more likely to use e. g. KDE Konsole + WSL on windows these days than windows Terminal BUT this is not always possible, and in these cases, then, Windows Terminal is so much nicer than oldschool cmd.exe ...)

@rubyFeedback commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): It's a fun-take and I wanted to upvote it for the fun part, but then I thought it may send the wrong message so I had to downvote it, just to not confuse newcomers. ;) Many people want super-simple stories - the terminal story. They want a terminal, that's the story! But if people want pink ribbon hipster dancing marquee tags in the terminal, well, the terminal can always be as customizable as possible. Perhaps make the themes epic as much as possible. But for me personally? Simplicity. (It's ok to have more options). And the simplest story is to keep it so simple that stories are not necessary. USING the terminal is already the best story. ;) (Admittedly I am actually more likely to use e. g. KDE Konsole + WSL on windows these days than windows Terminal BUT this is not always possible, and in these cases, then, Windows Terminal is so much nicer than oldschool cmd.exe ...)

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@mvandemar commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

Could you maybe engage who ever is doing the visual studio code stories: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bar9.stories

Having something that is uniform across Microsoft development platforms will have a far better chance of being more than just a gimmick and have a solid base to grow.

@thenexus00 I thought you were kidding, but 11,819 installs...

@mvandemar commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): > Could you maybe engage who ever is doing the visual studio code stories: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bar9.stories > > Having something that is uniform across Microsoft development platforms will have a far better chance of being more than just a gimmick and have a solid base to grow. @thenexus00 I thought you were kidding, but 11,819 installs...

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@ntoskernel commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

@ntoskernel commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11661706/100717393-062e3000-33cb-11eb-84dc-3c1703899cd7.png)

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

Even the Windows Kernel says NO!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): Even the Windows Kernel says NO!

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@TameemS commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

no

@TameemS commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): no

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@NSG650 commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

no thanks

@NSG650 commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): no thanks

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@zCri commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

nsg 650

@zCri commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): nsg 650

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@emwno commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

+1

@emwno commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): +1

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@nitelite commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

Please don't fill the issue tracker with jokes.

@nitelite commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): Please don't fill the issue tracker with jokes.

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020):

@zadjii-msft or @DHowett Please lock this thread

@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2020): @zadjii-msft or @DHowett Please lock this thread

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