Class WindowsExternalTerminalService

Protected Readonly CMD

Protected DEFAULT_TERMINAL_WINDOWS

Protected getDefaultTerminalWindows

• getDefaultTerminalWindows(): string

• Get the default terminal application on Windows.

  • The following method uses environment variables to identify the best default possible value.

  Returns string

  the default application on Windows.

Protected getWindowsShell

• getWindowsShell(): string

• Find the Windows Shell process to start up (defaults to cmd.exe).

  Returns string

Protected spawnTerminal

• spawnTerminal(configuration, cwd?): Promise<void>

• Spawn the external terminal for the given options.

  • The method spawns the terminal application based on the preferences, else uses the default value.

  Parameters

  • configuration: ExternalTerminalConfiguration

    the preference configuration.
  • Optional cwd: string

    the optional current working directory to spawn from.

  Returns Promise<void>