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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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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

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

Working with multiple panes

In the previous section, we saw the use of tabs when working with multiple shells open at the same time, but sometimes it is desirable to be able to see more than one shell at a time. In this section, we will look at how to work with multiple panes in Windows Terminal to achieve things like this:

Figure 6.5 – A screenshot showing multiple panes in Windows Terminal

The preceding screenshot shows running multiple profiles in panes in the same tab: on the left is PowerShell window that has made a web request, the top-right pane is running a web server, and the bottom-right pane has htop running to track running Linux processes in WSL.

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If you are familiar with the tmux utility (https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki), then this may look familiar, as tmux also allows splitting a window into multiple panels. But there are some differences. One feature of tmux is to allow you to disconnect and reconnect from terminal sessions...

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