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Drawterm over WSL

Running drawterm fullscreen on WSL can be a bit tricky, so here are some notes for my future self.

WSL Installation

> wsl --install -d Ubuntu

Drawterm dependencies

$ sudo apt install build-essential libx11-dev libxt-dev

Xming

Go to Xming's shortcut properties, and replace the -multiwindow option with -fullscreen.

> ...Xming.exe :0 -clipboard -fullscreen

drawterm

Now run drawterm with a custom geometry that fits your screen.

$ export DISPLAY='localhost:0'
$ drawterm -g 1920x1080 ...

And that's it. What a lovely evening.