A settings.json file for Windows Terminal

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A customized settings.json file

Windows Terminal Settings

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// This file was initially generated by Windows Terminal 1.4.3243.0
// It should still be usable in newer versions, but newer versions might have additional
// settings, help text, or changes that you will not see unless you clear this file
// and let us generate a new one for you.

// To view the default settings, hold "alt" while clicking on the "Settings" button.
// For documentation on these settings, see: https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation
{
  "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
  "defaultProfile": "{1d0ce090-9b1f-59f9-9e57-8ede4dba3071}",
  // You can add more global application settings here.
  // To learn more about global settings, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-global-settings

  // If enabled, selections are automatically copied to your clipboard.
  "copyOnSelect": true,
  // If enabled, formatted data is also copied to your clipboard
  "copyFormatting": false,
  // A profile specifies a command to execute paired with information about how it should look and feel.
  // Each one of them will appear in the 'New Tab' dropdown,
  //   and can be invoked from the commandline with `wt.exe -p xxx`
  // To learn more about profiles, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-profile-settings
  "profiles": {
    "defaults": {
      // Put settings here that you want to apply to all profiles.
      // custome config
      "hidden": false,
      "acrylicOpacity": 0.85,
      "colorScheme": "Tango Dark",
      "cursorShape": "filledBox",
      "cursorColor": "#b20af5",
      // "fontFace" : "Cascadia Code PL",
      "fontFace": "MesloLGS NF",
      "useAcrylic": true
    },
    "list": [
      {
        // Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile.
        "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
        "name": "Windows PowerShell",
        "commandline": "powershell.exe"
      },
      {
        // Make changes here to the bash.exe profile.
        "guid": "{1d0ce090-9b1f-59f9-9e57-8ede4dba3071}",
        "name": "Git Bash",
        "commandline": "%LOCALAPPDATA%/Programs/Git/bin/bash.exe",
        "icon": "%LOCALAPPDATA%/Programs/Git/mingw64/share/git/git-for-windows.ico",
        "startingDirectory": "%USERPROFILE%"
      },
      {
        // Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile.
        "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
        "name": "Command Prompt",
        "commandline": "cmd.exe"
      },
      {
        "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
        "name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
        "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
      },
      {
        "guid": "{07b52e3e-de2c-5db4-bd2d-ba144ed6c273}",
        "name": "Ubuntu-20.04",
        "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
        // this will start from root dir
        "startingDirectory": "//wsl$/Ubuntu-20.04/"
      }
    ]
  },
  // Add custom color schemes to this array.
  // To learn more about color schemes, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-color-schemes
  "schemes": [],
  // Add custom actions and keybindings to this array.
  // To unbind a key combination from your defaults.json, set the command to "unbound".
  // To learn more about actions and keybindings, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-keybindings
  "actions": [
    // Copy and paste are bound to Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V in your defaults.json.
    // These two lines additionally bind them to Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
    // To learn more about selection, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-selection
    {
      "command": {
        "action": "copy",
        "singleLine": false
      },
      "keys": "ctrl+c"
    },
    {
      "command": "paste",
      "keys": "ctrl+v"
    },
    // Press Ctrl+Shift+F to open the search box
    {
      "command": "find",
      "keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
    },
    // Press Alt+Shift+D to open a new pane.
    // - "split": "auto" makes this pane open in the direction that provides the most surface area.
    // - "splitMode": "duplicate" makes the new pane use the focused pane's profile.
    // To learn more about panes, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-panes
    {
      "command": {
        "action": "splitPane",
        "split": "auto",
        "splitMode": "duplicate"
      },
      "keys": "alt+shift+d"
    }
  ]
}