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Die KW 26/2020 im Link-Rückblick

My Microsoft Windows Terminal settings with vi keybindings and zen burn

I've started playing with the Microsoft Windows Terminal.

My settings.json now contains some simple VI keybindings to easy up creating of tabs and panes. Furthermore, I am a big fan of the zenburn color scheme. You can find your settings.json in the path %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState.

// This file was initially generated by Windows Terminal 1.0.1401.0
// 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.
// located in: `%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState`

// 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": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
    "defaultProfile": "{00000000-0000-0000-ba54-000000000002}",

    // 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": false,

    // 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.
            "colorScheme" : "Zenburn"
        },
        "list":
        [
        // BO: Taken from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56839307/adding-git-bash-to-the-new-windows-terminal#
            {
                "guid": "{00000000-0000-0000-ba54-000000000002}",
                "acrylicOpacity" : 0.75,
                "closeOnExit" : true,
                //if you have installed windows git globally for all users
                "commandline" : "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\\git\\usr\\bin\\bash.exe\" -i -l",
                //if you have installed windows git only for one user
                // "commandline" : "\"%LOCALAPPDATA%\\Programs\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe\" -i -l",
                "cursorColor" : "#FFFFFF",
                "cursorShape" : "bar",
                "fontFace" : "Consolas",
                "fontSize" : 10,
                "historySize" : 9001,
                "icon" : "%PROGRAMFILES%\\git\\mingw64\\share\\git\\git-for-windows.ico",
                "name" : "Bash",
                "padding" : "0, 0, 0, 0",
                "snapOnInput" : true,
                "startingDirectory" : "%USERPROFILE%",
                "useAcrylic" : true
            },
        // BO: Taken from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56839307/adding-git-bash-to-the-new-windows-terminal#
            {
                // Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile.
                "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
                "name": "Windows PowerShell",
                "commandline": "powershell.exe",
                "hidden": false
            },
            {
                // Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile.
                "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
                "name": "Command Prompt",
                "commandline": "cmd.exe",
                "hidden": false
            },
            {
                "guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "PowerShell",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{58ad8b0c-3ef8-5f4d-bc6f-13e4c00f2530}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Debian",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl"
            },
            {
                "guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
            }
        ]
    },
    // Add custom color schemes to this array.
    // To learn more about color schemes, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-color-schemes
    "schemes": [
        // @see: https://github.com/agkozak/windows-terminal-zenburn
        {
            "background" : "#3A3A3A",
            "black" : "#1E2320",
            "blue" : "#506070",
            "brightBlack" : "#709080",
            "brightBlue" : "#94BFF3",
            "brightCyan" : "#93E0E3",
            "brightGreen" : "#C3BF9F",
            "brightPurple" : "#EC93D3",
            "brightRed" : "#DCA3A3",
            "brightWhite" : "#FFFFFF",
            "brightYellow" : "#F0DFAF",
            "cyan" : "#8CD0D3",
            "foreground" : "#DCDCCC",
            "green" : "#60B48A",
            "name" : "Zenburn",
            "purple" : "#DC8CC3",
            "red" : "#D78787",
            "white" : "#DCDCCC",
            "yellow" : "#DFAF8F"
        },
        {
            "background" : "#1C1C1C",
            "black" : "#1E2320",
            "blue" : "#506070",
            "brightBlack" : "#709080",
            "brightBlue" : "#94BFF3",
            "brightCyan" : "#93E0E3",
            "brightGreen" : "#C3BF9F",
            "brightPurple" : "#EC93D3",
            "brightRed" : "#DCA3A3",
            "brightWhite" : "#FFFFFF",
            "brightYellow" : "#F0DFAF",
            "cyan" : "#8CD0D3",
            "foreground" : "#DCDCCC",
            "green" : "#60B48A",
            "name" : "High-Contrast Zenburn",
            "purple" : "#DC8CC3",
            "red" : "#D78787",
            "white" : "#DCDCCC",
            "yellow" : "#DFAF8F"
        }
    ],
    // Add custom keybindings to this array.
    // To unbind a key combination from your defaults.json, set the command to "unbound".
    // To learn more about keybindings, visit https://aka.ms/terminal-keybindings
    "keybindings":
    [
        // 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" },

        // Close Tab
        {"command" : "closeTab", "keys" : "ctrl+w"},
        // Open New Tab
        {"command":"newTab", "keys": "ctrl+t"},

        // Open new pane
        { "command": { "action": "splitPane", "splitMode": "duplicate", "split": "vertical" }, "keys": "alt+ctrl+l" },
        { "command": { "action": "splitPane", "splitMode": "duplicate", "split": "horizontal" }, "keys": "alt+ctrl+j" },
        { "command": { "action": "splitPane", "splitMode": "duplicate", "split": "auto" }, "keys": "alt+ctrl+ " },

        // Move around the panes
        { "command": { "action": "moveFocus", "direction": "down" }, "keys": "alt+j" },
        { "command": { "action": "moveFocus", "direction": "left" }, "keys": "alt+h" },
        { "command": { "action": "moveFocus", "direction": "right" }, "keys": "alt+l" },
        { "command": { "action": "moveFocus", "direction": "up" }, "keys": "alt+k" },

        // Resize panes
        { "command": { "action": "resizePane", "direction": "down" }, "keys": "alt+shift+j" },
        { "command": { "action": "resizePane", "direction": "left" }, "keys": "alt+shift+h" },
        { "command": { "action": "resizePane", "direction": "right" }, "keys": "alt+shift+l" },
        { "command": { "action": "resizePane", "direction": "up" }, "keys": "alt+shift+k" }
    ]
}

Die KW 25/2020 im Link-Rückblick

Microsoft Powershells output is not local system language independet or - why "query user" sometimes returns USERNAME and BENUTZERNAME

I am working in an enviroment where some systems have a locale (or how microsoft is calling it "culture") of "en-US" or "de-DE".

Today I had to debug a script that is not outputting something. After a while, I've figured out that the result of query user /server:<server> is returning objects with different properties.

If the current locale is en-US, the property USERNAME exists. If the current locale is de-DE, the property BENUTZERNAME exists.

This is pretty sad since I could not find a way to set the culture within my powershell script to en-US.

What I've tried and what did not worked.

[System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = "de-DE";
[System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = "de-DE";
[cultureinfo]::currentculture = 'de-DE';
[cultureinfo]::CurrentUICulture = 'de-DE';
Set-Culture de-DE

How did I solved it? I've added an or condition to support both properties, which is sad.

Where-Object { ($_.USERNAME -like "*$userNameToFilterAgainstOrNull*") -or ($_.BENUTZERNAME -like "*$userNameToFilterAgainstOrNull*") }

Good luck!