Package Cascadia Code with the Terminal (release builds)

[DHowett-MSFT]

TTF from microsoft/cascadia-code@5f91b87

[cinnamon-msft]

Just to confirm, the font installs on download?

[DHowett-MSFT]

The font installs when the package is installed. The font is removed when the package is removed. When you want to uninstall the font, you must remove the package (!)

[DHowett-MSFT]

For all intents and purposes, the font is the package.

[cinnamon-msft]

So if you don't want the font, you have to uninstall the Terminal package?

[DHowett-MSFT]

you have to uninstall

Yes.

[zadjii-msft]

Out of curiosity, what happens when I install Cascadia.ttf separately? Does the package install a second copy? If I remove Cascadia.ttf, but leave the package, is the font still installed? If I remove the package but not the ttf, does it stay installed?

[zadjii-msft]

Do we want to somehow track which microsoft/cascadia-code commit is the one in our package?

[DHowett-MSFT]

This one in particular requires @cinnamon-msft to sign off.

[cinnamon-msft]

Out of curiosity, what happens when I install Cascadia.ttf separately? Does the package install a second copy? If I remove Cascadia.ttf, but leave the package, is the font still installed? If I remove the package but not the ttf, does it stay installed?

Did we test this scenario? I'd assume the TTF would persist but I'm not sure.

[miniksa]

I'm concerned that people are already asking for this as a standalone Windows Store package (microsoft/cascadia-code#39) and that bundling it inside the Terminal package would create a conflict with that or multiple entries.

Are we going to distribute it this way "for a limited time" until we figure out how to release it standalone and maybe request it as a dependency/download when you install the Terminal package?

Or do we always intend to ship a copy of it inside the Terminal package?

[DHowett-MSFT]

@miniksa this is temporary until we can add a dependency on the official package.
@cinnamon-msft yes, the ttf persists and the terminal can be uninstalled. i think the ttf version wins when both are installed. I'm not sure.

[ghost]

🎉Windows Terminal Preview v0.5.2661.0 has been released which incorporates this pull request.:tada:

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