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other:win10wsl [2022/09/14 14:38] jypeter [Creating a backup] Improved the 'FULL' section |
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| Installé correctement</code> | Installé correctement</code> | ||
| - | * After installing, you will get **several new ways to open a terminal**: | + | * After installing WSLtty, you will get **several new ways to open a terminal**: |
| - | * ''WSL terminal'' icon on the desktop | + | * **A ''WSL terminal'' icon on the desktop, that will be //The Way to open a terminal//** |
| * ''Start'' => ''U'' => ''Ubuntu terminal'' (or ''Ubuntu_custom terminal'' or something similar if you have [[other:win10wsl#restoring_or_relocating_a_linux_installation|restored/relocated a Linux installation]]) | * ''Start'' => ''U'' => ''Ubuntu terminal'' (or ''Ubuntu_custom terminal'' or something similar if you have [[other:win10wsl#restoring_or_relocating_a_linux_installation|restored/relocated a Linux installation]]) | ||
| * ''Start'' => ''W'' => ''WSL Terminal'' in the ''Start'' menu | * ''Start'' => ''W'' => ''WSL Terminal'' in the ''Start'' menu | ||
| * There is also a ''W'' => ''WSLtty'' folder, than you probably will not need (more details in [[https://github.com/mintty/wsltty#configuration|Configuration]]), except possibly ''configure WSL shortcuts'' (//run after adding or removing WSL distributions, in order to create the respective set of shortcuts in the Start menu//) | * There is also a ''W'' => ''WSLtty'' folder, than you probably will not need (more details in [[https://github.com/mintty/wsltty#configuration|Configuration]]), except possibly ''configure WSL shortcuts'' (//run after adding or removing WSL distributions, in order to create the respective set of shortcuts in the Start menu//) | ||
| * Open a terminal and right-click in it to check the available options | * Open a terminal and right-click in it to check the available options | ||
| - | * Hint: use the ''Text'' option to select the nice //Cascadia Code// font bundled with the [[other:win10apps#windows_terminal|Windows Terminal]] | + | * **Recommended //text// options**: |
| + | * use the ''Text'' option to select the nice //Cascadia Code// font bundled with the [[other:win10apps#windows_terminal|Windows Terminal]] | ||
| + | * if you don't automatically get the ''en_US.UTF8'' localization in WSLtty when trying to [[other:win10wsl#specifying_a_correct_system_language|specify a correct system language]], explicitly force //Locale//=''en_US'' and //Character set//=''UTF-8'' in the text options | ||
| + | * {{ :other:wsltty_text_options.png?direct&250 |}} | ||
| * You can access even more options with CTRL+right-click | * You can access even more options with CTRL+right-click | ||
| * You can cycle between the open WSLtty terminals with CTRL+Tab and Shift+CTRL+Tab | * You can cycle between the open WSLtty terminals with CTRL+Tab and Shift+CTRL+Tab | ||
| - | * [[https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki|Technical stuff]] (on the Mintty wiki) | + | * Extra [[https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki|technical stuff]] (on the Mintty wiki) |
| === The Windows Terminal === | === The Windows Terminal === | ||
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| Nothing will go wrong, but it does not hurt to [[other:win10wsl#backup_of_a_full_linux_installation|save an image of your full installation]], in case you want to try some really different settings later. | Nothing will go wrong, but it does not hurt to [[other:win10wsl#backup_of_a_full_linux_installation|save an image of your full installation]], in case you want to try some really different settings later. | ||
| - | ==== Specifying correctly the display language ==== | + | ==== Specifying a correct system language ==== |
| - | WSL will automatically try to use in the terminals the same language as the one used by the Windows 10 computer ([[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/troubleshooting#changing-the-display-language|ref]]), but this could lead later to some difficult to debug **side-effects** when you connect to remote Linux servers (e.g. the ''sort'' command may give different results !). | + | WSL will automatically try to use in the terminals the same language as the one used by the Windows computer, but this could lead later to some difficult to debug **side-effects** when you connect to remote Linux servers (e.g. the ''sort'' command may give different results !). |
| - | It is **safer** to force the system to use a //standard// English version | + | It is **safer** to [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/troubleshooting#changing-the-display-language|force the Linux installation to use a standard English localization]]. The ''update-locale'' command will change the content of the ''/etc/default/locale'' file |
| <code>$ sudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF8 | <code>$ sudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF8 | ||
| $ echo $LANG | $ echo $LANG | ||
| en_US.UTF8 | en_US.UTF8 | ||
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| + | $ locale -v | ||
| + | LANG=en_US.UTF8 | ||
| + | LANGUAGE= | ||
| + | LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF8" | ||
| + | [...] | ||
| + | LC_ALL= | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| + | After updating the system //localization// (and possibly restarting ''wsl'' with ''%%wsl --shutdown%%''), open the [[other:win10wsl#opening_a_terminal|available terminals]] and type ''echo $LANG'' in order to check that are indeed getting ''en_US.UTF8'' | ||
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| + | If you are still not getting ''en_US.UTF8'' in some terminals (e.g. you are still getting ''C.UTF-8''), you can check if you can override the //localization// options in the terminals settings. Check the [[other:win10wsl#the_wsltty_terminal|Text options of the WSLtty terminals]] | ||
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other/win10wsl.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/06 13:24 by jypeter
