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I'm finally in the process of copying over all my data to my "new" laptop so I can switch over to using it as my main personal computer.
Now guess I what I discover?
Firstly, Windows 11 has an application that looks like the traditional Command Prompt, but apparently it isn't, it's a new thing called "Windows Terminal":
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-terminal-default-in-windows-11-by-2022
That's all well and good. It looks like it has some nice features.
However, as far as I can tell, this Terminal app doesn't let you change its screen buffer width to be larger than your screen. If the terminal displays data that is wider than can fit in your window, it is automatically line wrapped and there's no way to turn that line wrapping off. There's no way to have it show a horizontal scroll bar and let you scroll to the right to see long lines. They just wrap.
I've found various bugs written about this issue since 2019, but it seems to STILL not have been fixed/implemented:
Terminal desperately needs a horizontal scrollbar (similar to Command Prompt) #1860 (opened on Jul 7, 2019; still open)
Word wrapping #6378 (opened on Jun 5, 2020; closed as a duplicate of #1860)
Ability to switch text wrapping off #6730 (opened on Jun 30, 2020; closed as a duplicate of #1860)
Ability to disable line wrapping in Windows Terminal #6895 (opened on Jul 13, 2020; closed as a duplicate of #1860)
Rationally, it may not be that big a deal for me on this laptop. But I can't help but think how debilitating it would be on my work laptop if I ever have to upgrade it to Windows 11. All my scripts which query database rows; their output is unreadable when it is line wrapped. Sure, often I redirect the output to a file anyway, but not always.
Even a simple directory listing has the output wrapped, which is how i discovered this.
Aaahhhhhhhh finally, here is how to get back the legacy Command Prompt, which does let you set up horizontal scrolling:
How to get back legacy command prompt
Change Default Terminal Application in Windows 11
Now guess I what I discover?
Firstly, Windows 11 has an application that looks like the traditional Command Prompt, but apparently it isn't, it's a new thing called "Windows Terminal":
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-terminal-default-in-windows-11-by-2022
That's all well and good. It looks like it has some nice features.
However, as far as I can tell, this Terminal app doesn't let you change its screen buffer width to be larger than your screen. If the terminal displays data that is wider than can fit in your window, it is automatically line wrapped and there's no way to turn that line wrapping off. There's no way to have it show a horizontal scroll bar and let you scroll to the right to see long lines. They just wrap.
I've found various bugs written about this issue since 2019, but it seems to STILL not have been fixed/implemented:
Terminal desperately needs a horizontal scrollbar (similar to Command Prompt) #1860 (opened on Jul 7, 2019; still open)
Word wrapping #6378 (opened on Jun 5, 2020; closed as a duplicate of #1860)
Ability to switch text wrapping off #6730 (opened on Jun 30, 2020; closed as a duplicate of #1860)
Ability to disable line wrapping in Windows Terminal #6895 (opened on Jul 13, 2020; closed as a duplicate of #1860)
Rationally, it may not be that big a deal for me on this laptop. But I can't help but think how debilitating it would be on my work laptop if I ever have to upgrade it to Windows 11. All my scripts which query database rows; their output is unreadable when it is line wrapped. Sure, often I redirect the output to a file anyway, but not always.
Even a simple directory listing has the output wrapped, which is how i discovered this.
Aaahhhhhhhh finally, here is how to get back the legacy Command Prompt, which does let you set up horizontal scrolling:
How to get back legacy command prompt
Change Default Terminal Application in Windows 11