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Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

You're reading from   Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Maximise productivity of your Windows 10 development machine with custom workflows and configurations

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800562448
Length 246 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction, Installation, and Configuration
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Windows Subsystem for Linux FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring the Windows Subsystem for Linux 4. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Windows Terminal 5. Section 2:Windows and Linux – A Winning Combination
6. Chapter 4: Windows to Linux Interoperability 7. Chapter 5: Linux to Windows Interoperability 8. Chapter 6: Getting More from Windows Terminal 9. Chapter 7: Working with Containers in WSL 10. Chapter 8: Working with WSL Distros 11. Section 3: Developing with the Windows Subsystem for Linux
12. Chapter 9: Visual Studio Code and WSL 13. Chapter 10: Visual Studio Code and Containers 14. Chapter 11: Productivity Tips with Command-Line Tools 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Customizing tab titles

Tabbed user interfaces are great; browsers have them, editors have them, and Windows Terminal has them. For some people, myself included, tabbed user interfaces also pose a challenge – I end up with a lot of tabs open:

Figure 6.1 – A screenshot of Windows Terminal with lots of tabs open

As the preceding screenshot shows, with multiple tabs open, it can be hard to tell what each tab is running and for what you were using it for. When I'm coding, I frequently have a tab open for performing Git operations, another for building and running the code, and another for interacting with the code when it's running. Add to these an extra tab for some general system interaction and a tab or two for looking into a question someone asks about another project, and the number grows quickly.

The previous screenshot showed that depending on the shell running in a tab, you may get some path information, but if you have multiple...

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