[MEGATHREAD]: Future improvements to the Win32 Console API / Command line north star #16211

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opened 2026-01-31 05:00:50 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @DHowett on GitHub (Dec 20, 2021).

⚠️ work in progress 🏗️

This thread makes no commitments to actually changing the console API. The party line remains that we're not making any changes to the API any time soon. Rather, we do need a place to aggregate changes we might want to make, should the opportunity present itself.

The Console should support new APIs

"CLI apps need feature detection"

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  • A conclnt nuget package might let CLI apps use new APIs or new versions of the APIs. That's a thought.
Originally created by @DHowett on GitHub (Dec 20, 2021). _⚠️ work in progress 🏗️_ This thread makes no commitments to actually changing the console API. The party line remains that we're not making any changes to the API any time soon. Rather, we do need a place to aggregate changes we might want to make, should the opportunity present itself. ### The Console should support new APIs * [ ] #12143 * [ ] #292 * [ ] ... ### "CLI apps need feature detection" * [ ] #11057 * [ ] #7434 ### Assorted * A conclnt nuget package might let CLI apps use new APIs or new versions of the APIs. That's a thought.
claunia added the Product-ConhostArea-ServerIssue-Scenario labels 2026-01-31 05:00:51 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#16211