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title: cool-retro-term on Windows 10 WSL 2024
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author: peter
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date: 2024-07-23 18:21:42 +0800
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categories: [Programming] # Blogging | Electronics | Programming | Mechanical | SelfHosting
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tags: [terminal, cool retro term] # systems | embedded | rf | microwave | electronics | solidworks | automation | tip
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image: assets/img/2024-07-23-coolretroterm-on-Win/working.png
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---
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Install Xserver on Windows side:
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I will use chocolatey to install it but you may also download X server from the sourceforge page
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Run this command in an administrator powershell prompt to install
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```powershell
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choco install vcxsrv
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```
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In WSL Ubuntu, install the `cool-retro-term` package using `apt`:
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```bash
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sudo apt install cool-retro-term
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```
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Add this to your `.bashrc` file so WSL knows the address of the Xserver
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I found this method to set `DISPLAY` to be the most robust as it works even when your `.wslconf` doesn't have `generateResolvConf=true` and when you are using a custom DNS server. The previous method I was using to set `DISPLAY` would use the wrong address with my setup.
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```bash
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export DISPLAY=$(ip route list default | awk '{print $3}'):0
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```
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Now when you run `cool-retro-term` you should get a window!
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Making a shortcut to start `cool-retro-term` is annoying since if you try to run it directly from a commandline in Windows, you will likely get this error (I also get this error when specifying the `DISPLAY` parameter in the commandline):
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```
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C:\Users\Peter>bash -c cool-retro-term
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qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
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qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
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This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
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Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.
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```
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This will work, I think because it opens a login shell.
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```bat
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bash -c "bash --rcfile <(echo '. ~/.bashrc; cool-retro-term; exit')"
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```
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Now wrap it in a `vbs` script to hide the `cmd.exe` window from appearing:
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```vbs
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Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
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objShell.Run "%comspec% /c start /B """" bash -c ""bash --rcfile <(echo '. ~/.bashrc; cool-retro-term -p DEFAULT_PROFILE; exit')""", 0 'Hide
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```
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And call this from a shortcut's target field:
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```
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C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe "C:\YOUR_PATH_HERE\cool-retro-term.vbs"
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```
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Congratulations, when you click the shortcut you should get a cool-retro-term window without any other windows being spawned!
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