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/ wslTerminator.vbs
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VBScript for quietly launching a Terminator window in WSL with VcXsrv. Code comments link to the guides I referenced while writing the script.
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| ' NOTE: additional discussion & implementations can be found here: https://gist.github.com/ropnop/10800fb5066bd5144d9aaad55a8a4d18 | |
| ' https://medium.com/@bhupathy/install-terminator-on-windows-with-wsl-2826591d2156 | |
| set shell = WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application") | |
| if not IsProcessRunning("vcxsrv.exe") then | |
| shell.shellExecute "vcxsrv.exe", ":0 -ac -terminate -lesspointer -multiwindow -clipboard -wgl -dpi auto", "C:\Program Files\VcXsrv\", "", 0 | |
| end if | |
| shell.ShellExecute "bash", "-c -l ""DISPLAY=:0 terminator""", "", "open", 0 | |
| ' https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19794726/vb-script-how-to-tell-if-a-program-is-already-running |