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opened 2026-01-31 05:46:18 +00:00 by claunia · 7 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:46:18 +00:00
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Originally created by @jredfox on GitHub (May 25, 2022).

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I want to have a dynamic profile which windows terminal can execute from command line. wt -p "<pathToProfile.json>" instead of giving it a set profile name and it only looking for the global settings.json. I am making a command line program and really don't want to have to edit a global settings.json every time a new background color / icon gets changed as editing that file may not be possible if it's already running in another instance.

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I want to have a custom profile json on command line boot which I looked for hours and it doesn't exist.

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claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:46:19 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 25, 2022):

Could you maybe elaborate more on what you're trying to do with

I am making a command line program and really don't want to have to edit a global settings.json every time a new background color / icon gets changed

Fragments might fit the bill for what you're doing here. FWIW, the terminal's settings.json file can totally be written to while the Terminal is running. The Terminal should even be able to pick up those changes and hot-reload them. This has been used before to hilarious extent

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 25, 2022): Could you maybe elaborate more on what you're trying to do with > I am making a command line program and really don't want to have to edit a global settings.json every time a new background color / icon gets changed [Fragments ](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/json-fragment-extensions) might fit the bill for what you're doing here. FWIW, the terminal's `settings.json` file can totally be written to while the Terminal is running. The Terminal should even be able to pick up those changes and hot-reload them. This has been used before [to hilarious extent](https://www.hanselman.com/blog/adding-reaction-gifs-for-your-build-system-and-the-windows-terminal)
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:46:19 +00:00
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@jredfox commented on GitHub (May 25, 2022):

I need to dynamically detect the terminal exe icon it's executing and other settings as a custom profile. For example cmd as the terminal Java as the icon.

@jredfox commented on GitHub (May 25, 2022): I need to dynamically detect the terminal exe icon it's executing and other settings as a custom profile. For example cmd as the terminal Java as the icon.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:46:19 +00:00
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@jredfox commented on GitHub (May 25, 2022):

basically I launch it check if my custom json profile exists if not create it. Then I launch it using wt -p "directory/to/my/CustomProfile.json"

@jredfox commented on GitHub (May 25, 2022): basically I launch it check if my custom json profile exists if not create it. Then I launch it using `wt -p "directory/to/my/CustomProfile.json"`
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:46:19 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2022):

Wait that's not how the commandline arguments for the Terminal work at all. You can't specify the path to another file of settings to use.

For your scenario, you definitely want to create the profile as a fragment profile, stick it in one of the fragments paths (whatever's more relevant for your type of application), and then you should be able to invoke that profile with wt -p {name of the profile you generated}

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2022): Wait that's not how the commandline arguments for the Terminal work at all. You can't specify the path to another file of settings to use. For your scenario, you definitely want to create the profile as a fragment profile, stick it in one of the fragments paths (whatever's more relevant for your type of application), and then you should be able to invoke that profile with `wt -p {name of the profile you generated}`
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:46:20 +00:00
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@jredfox commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022):

I know it's not in there yet that's why I wanted to specify a path or directory of paths to search for profile jsons and color jsons

@jredfox commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022): I know it's not in there yet that's why I wanted to specify a path or directory of paths to search for profile jsons and color jsons
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:46:20 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022):

We're tracking that specific request in /dup #6687. I suspect that fragment profiles will work for your use case today though.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022): We're tracking that specific request in /dup #6687. I suspect that fragment profiles will work for your use case today though.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 05:46:20 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 3, 2022): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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