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Bundle ColorTool with WT release #16594

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opened 2026-01-31 05:16:38 +00:00 by claunia · 6 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:16:38 +00:00
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Originally created by @eabase on GitHub (Feb 2, 2022).

It would be excellent to be able to find a pre-compiled latest version of ColorTool.exe as part of the WT release package, especially since it also seem to be regularly updated.

Atm. and AFAICT, there is no link to to that binary anywhere.
(Did I miss something?)

Originally created by @eabase on GitHub (Feb 2, 2022). It would be excellent to be able to find a pre-compiled latest version of `ColorTool.exe` as part of the WT release package, especially since it also seem to be regularly updated. Atm. and AFAICT, there is no link to to that binary anywhere. (Did I miss something?)
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:16:41 +00:00
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@237dmitry commented on GitHub (Feb 2, 2022):

Atm. and AFAICT, there is no link to to that binary anywhere.

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/1904.29002

@237dmitry commented on GitHub (Feb 2, 2022): > Atm. and AFAICT, there is no link to to that binary anywhere. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/1904.29002
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:16:41 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 2, 2022):

especially since it also seem to be regularly updated

that's not strictly true:

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It just so happens to have gotten a couple bugfixes recently. We probably should push a new release of that alongside this next WT release.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 2, 2022): > especially since it also seem to be regularly updated that's not strictly true: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/152151406-801066a2-f65a-4f28-b70d-6e2945ad6c64.png) It just so happens to have gotten a couple bugfixes recently. We probably should push a new release of that alongside this next WT release.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:16:42 +00:00
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@malxau commented on GitHub (Feb 2, 2022):

Is the real reason for not bundling ColorTool its .NET dependency which the rest of WT doesn't have? I thought this was done because .NET had JSON parsing support, but WT must have a native code JSON parser to consume these schemes anyway. What would it take to turn ColorTool into native code so it can be included?

@malxau commented on GitHub (Feb 2, 2022): Is the real reason for not bundling ColorTool its .NET dependency which the rest of WT doesn't have? I thought this was done because .NET had JSON parsing support, but WT must have a native code JSON parser to consume these schemes anyway. What would it take to turn ColorTool into native code so it can be included?
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:16:42 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2022):

There's a couple of factors at play here, but the most important one is: Terminal ships in box with the Windows OS now, so every component that goes into the Terminal package ships to everyone on all versions of Windows. And frankly, colortool doesn't really have the usage numbers to merit being included in the OS. It's a nice tool absolutely, and one we should probably cut a fresh release of sometime soon. But we're not gonna ship this with the Terminal any time soon. Sorry about that!

Maybe if there was a "Console PowerToys" package, we'd consider putting ColorTool there 😆

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2022): There's a couple of factors at play here, but the most important one is: Terminal ships in box with the Windows OS now, so every component that goes into the Terminal package ships to everyone on all versions of Windows. And frankly, colortool doesn't really have the usage numbers to merit being included in the OS. It's a nice tool absolutely, and one we should probably cut a fresh release of sometime soon. But we're not gonna ship this _with_ the Terminal any time soon. Sorry about that! Maybe if there was a "Console PowerToys" package, we'd consider putting ColorTool there 😆
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:16:42 +00:00
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@rollingmoai commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2023):

Updates on this? ColorTool seems to have new features which haven't been released yet.

@rollingmoai commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2023): Updates on this? ColorTool seems to have new features which haven't been released yet.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:16:42 +00:00
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@GazerGirl49 commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2025):

The "allcolors" option does not work, and when I went to see the "README" page for the version of ColorTool I installed (2019), it does not exist. The fact that current "README" page still links to this outdated version is quite sad.

@GazerGirl49 commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2025): The "allcolors" option does not work, and when I went to see the "README" page for the version of ColorTool I installed (2019), it does not exist. The fact that current "README" page still links to this outdated version is quite sad.
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