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Building a Windows Terminal Theme

Chrissy LeMaire has a nice-looking Windows Terminal theme:

I was sooo excited when Microsoft first made the announcement but was disappointed when I found out I’d have to run a specific version of Windows and compile the app myself. Whaat? No way, too much work. Now, it’s more widely available, so I decided to jump in and try it out. I love it and even miss Windows Terminal when I develop PowerShell on my Mac.

So here’s the Theme I’m contributing, which is based off of my favorite VS Code Theme, 1984 Unbolded. I call it Retrowave.

I went with essentially a black-and-grey theme for cmd + PowerShell and a bit more color (but still grey background) for WSL, but that’s so I can create screenshots easily without having to worry about color contrast on the printed page.