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Polish Commandline Help MessageBox to be at least like, but at best better than, msiexec /? #5802

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opened 2026-01-31 00:22:09 +00:00 by claunia · 7 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:22:09 +00:00
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Originally created by @zadjii-msft on GitHub (Jan 7, 2020).

Follow-up task from #4023

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(ideally with monospace text too)

Obviously, better than this would be even more ideal. It's probably not that simple to create a XAML island just for the sake of displaying this text. However, that would be potentially even more modern UI.

Originally created by @zadjii-msft on GitHub (Jan 7, 2020). Follow-up task from #4023 ## actual ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/71906238-4d665f00-312f-11ea-98c4-24333c9417cc.png) ## expected ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/71906281-5f480200-312f-11ea-8e00-a6576163364c.png) (ideally with monospace text too) Obviously, better than this would be even more ideal. It's probably not that simple to create a XAML island just for the sake of displaying this text. However, that would be potentially even more modern UI.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:22:11 +00:00
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@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021):

A horizontal scroll bar in a fixed-size window is not very user-friendly.

@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021): A horizontal scroll bar in a fixed-size window is not very user-friendly.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:22:11 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021):

Would it suffice to change the title of this bug to include "at least more like, but at best better than, msiexec /?"

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2021): Would it suffice to change the title of this bug to include "at least more like, but at best better than, msiexec /?"
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:22:11 +00:00
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@ravindUwU commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2023):

Any reason wt --help and wt --version are GUI-based (dialog boxes) instead of text-based (printing to stdout like other CLI utilities)? 🤔

@ravindUwU commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2023): Any reason `wt --help` and `wt --version` are GUI-based (dialog boxes) instead of text-based (printing to stdout like other CLI utilities)? 🤔
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:22:11 +00:00
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@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2023):

@ravindUwU, that's https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/7258.

@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2023): @ravindUwU, that's <https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/7258>.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:22:11 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2024):

A thought from #17021, and #16495: wt openHelp or wt --type help or something, that opens a tab with a nicely formatted MD doc with all the CLI args in it.

bonus points for just loading the right file from the docs.microsoft URL, so that it's localized.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2024): A thought from #17021, and #16495: `wt openHelp` or `wt --type help` or something, that opens a tab with a nicely formatted MD doc with all the CLI args in it. <sub>bonus points for just loading the right file from the docs.microsoft URL, so that it's localized.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:22:12 +00:00
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@ravindUwU commented on GitHub (May 16, 2024):

bonus points for just loading the right file from the docs.microsoft URL, so that it's localized

...with a nicely formatted offline fallback, sure 😄

@ravindUwU commented on GitHub (May 16, 2024): > bonus points for just loading the right file from the docs.microsoft URL, so that it's localized ...with a nicely formatted offline fallback, sure 😄
claunia commented 2026-01-31 00:22:12 +00:00
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@lhecker commented on GitHub (May 16, 2024):

We can also ship the help offline-only (I mean we can host it online, but always open the offline version). That's how git-for-windows does it. (For instance git push --help should open file:///C:/Program%20Files/Git/mingw64/share/doc/git-doc/git-push.html.)

@lhecker commented on GitHub (May 16, 2024): We can also ship the help offline-only (I mean we can host it online, but always open the offline version). That's how git-for-windows does it. (For instance `git push --help` should open `file:///C:/Program%20Files/Git/mingw64/share/doc/git-doc/git-push.html`.)
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