Seamless FluentTerminal Integration

FluentTerminal

FluentTerminal is a terminal emulator based on UWP – i.e. Universal Windows Platform – and built with web-technologies, that can be used as an alternative to ConEmu.

A neat feature of UWP apps in general is that they can leverage the Acrylic effect of Microsoft's Fluent Design, which can produce awesome blurred-behind visuals.

Demo of the Acrylic Terminal Effect

FluentTerminal uses xterm.js and is GPU-accelerated.

To run Cmder under FluentTerminal, follow these steps:

1. Download and install the latest release of FluentTerminal: instructions

2. Save the following file under Monokai.flutecolors on your Desktop:
   📦 Monokai.flutecolors
   ^{Tip: Make sure your filename doesn't end in .txt when you save it.}

3. Follow the instructions in this page to set-up the %CMDER_ROOT% environmental variable
   ^{If you already have a working environment variable, skip this step}

4. Open ⚙ Settings, using Ctrl + , (Control-Comma) hotkey

5. Navigate to Themes → 🖌 Import, select Monokai.flutecolors from your Desktop,
   then click on ✓ Set Active

6. Navigate to Profiles → ➕ Create new, and enter the following into the fields:

   • Name: Cmder/Cmd

   • Shell executable location: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

   • Working directory: C:\Users\[Username]
     ^{Tip: Substitute [Username] with your username, e.g.: C:\Users\David.}

   • Arguments:

     /k title Cmder/Cmd & "%CMDER_ROOT%\vendor\init.bat"

   • Theme: Monokai

   • Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+c or whatever you prefer.

     ^{Tip: So you can launch more tabs.}

7. Click 💾 Save

8. Click ✓ Set Default

9. (Optional) In the Terminal tab, reduce the "Background opacity" to around 0.30 for a better effect

10. Close FluentTerminal, and re-open it.
    Done!

Optional Profiles

1. Navigate to Profiles → ➕ Create new, and enter the following into the fields:

2. Cmder/Bash Profile

   • Name: Cmder/Bash

   • Shell executable location: [CMDER_ROOT]\vendor\git-for-windows\bin\bash.exe ^{Tip: Environment variables will not work to specify the path to Cmder, replace [CMDER_ROOT] with the actual path!}

   • Working directory: C:\Users\[Username]
     ^{Tip: Substitute [Username] with your username, e.g.: C:\Users\David.}

   • Arguments:

     --login -i

   • Theme: Monokai

   • Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+b or whatever you prefer.

     ^{Tip: So you can launch more tabs.}

3. Click 💾 Save

4. Navigate to Profiles → ➕ Create new, and enter the following into the fields:

5. Cmder/Profile Profile

   • Name: Cmder/Profile

   • Shell executable location: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

   • Working directory: C:\Users\[Username]
     ^{Tip: Substitute [Username] with your username, e.g.: C:\Users\David.}

   • Arguments:

     -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoLogo -NoProfile -NoExit -Command "Invoke-Expression '. ''[CMDER_ROOT]\vendor\profile.ps1'''"

     ^{Tip: Environment variables will not work to specify the path to Cmder, replace [CMDER_ROOT] with the actual path!}

   • Theme: Monokai

   • Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+p or whatever you prefer.

     ^{Tip: So you can launch more tabs.}

6. Click 💾 Save

 

Spaces in path

⚠ CAUTION: The command line interpreter in Windows has some issues with spaces in the path, such as C:\Program Files (x86)\Cmder. We do not recommended to install Cmder in a path that contains spaces.

The instructions outlined above should work correctly, but in case you are having a problem, please read below.

To avoid any conflicts, it is recommended to install Cmder in a path that does not contain any spaces, such as: C:\apps\Cmder or C:\tools\Cmder.

For more information, please read this comment.

 

Need more help?

• Post a comment on the issue here and mention @DRSDavidSoft for help