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If you have VS Code installed, the JSON configuration for the Windows Terminal won't open in Notepad.

I believe it opens in whatever your default application is for *.json files.

Yes, that's exactly what will happen. The author did not install any text editor and then complains about his files opening in the default one.

It does. For me it opens VSCode.

The config file still seems like a cop-out for "we couldn't be arsed to build a GUI settings editor". Excusable at alpha/beta, not a final release.

Command prompt & Powershell both have GUI settings editors.

Or.. "We haven't built a GUI settings editor yet"

VSCode didn't have a GUI settings editor for quite a while.

VS Code's configuration is a GUI skin over JSON, so that's probably what they should do with the terminal as well.

they probably will but code did not launch with that GUI. if it's going to be like the other modern settings UI I'm in no rush for them to either.

Yea. But that was added later, and theres still important JSON build-system files that you need to edit manually to this day. JSON isnt descriptive enough to auto-translate the raw files into a functional GUI. They seem to think its better off as text, but that goes against everything else on Windows mentality, and its not documented properly.

People have been complaining for years that Microsoft's stuff isn't configurable enough for power users/developers. Now they're following VSCode's lead and offering "infinite configurability" that's also wrong because it is "too hard!" This would almost be funny if it weren't so obnoxious.

Now, I will fully cop to out-dated docs being annoying, particularly when most of the configuration isn't really obvious or self-documenting. But complaining about Microsoft of all people offering highly flexible text-based configurations is hugely ironic to me.

Also, you get fantastic Intellisense, since the JSON schema reference is included in the document.

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