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							@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ WSLtty components
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  (“home”-located configuration files from a previously installed version 
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  will be migrated to the new default location)
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* Start Menu shortcuts to start WSL terminals
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* Desktop shorcut to start a terminal for the default WSL distribution
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* `*.bat` scripts to invoke WSL terminals from the command line
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* optional context menu entries for Windows Explorer to start WSL terminals in the respective folder
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* install/uninstall context menu items from Start Menu subfolder `WSLtty`
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@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ Note: These are 3rd-party packages, not managed by this repository.
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#### Windows Package Manager ####
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([Check package](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/m/Mintty/WSLtty))
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To install wsltty from the 
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[Windows Package Manager Community Repository](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs), 
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invoke one of
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@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ invoke one of
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#### Chocolatey ####
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([Check package](https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/wsltty))
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If you use the [Chocolatey package manager](https://chocolatey.org/), 
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invoke one of
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* `choco install wsltty`
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#### Scoop ####
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([Check package](https://scoop.sh/#/apps?q=wsltty))
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If you use the [Scoop package manager](https://scoop.sh/), 
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* `scoop bucket add extras`
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@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ To uninstall wsltty software completely, remove the installation folder manually
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WSLtty can be invoked with
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* installed Start Menu shortcuts (or Desktop shortcuts if copied there)
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* *.bat scripts (optionally with WSL command as parameters)
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* *.bat scripts (optionally with WSL command as parameters) (see [Command line scripts](#command-line-scripts-wslbat) below)
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* Explorer context menu (if installed from the Start Menu `WSLtty` subfolder)
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Starting the mintty terminal directly from the WSLtty installation location 
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The Start menu folder WSLtty contains the link 
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<img align=absmiddle height=25 src=https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12740416/57078483-a7846a00-6cee-11e9-9c5e-8c2e9e56cae4.png>`configure WSL shortcuts`.
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This function is initially run when wsltty is installed.
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If should be rerun after adding or removing WSL distributions, 
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It should be rerun after adding or removing WSL distributions, 
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in order to create the respective set of shortcuts in the Start menu.
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#### Command line scripts `wsl*.bat` ####
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@@ -250,7 +254,8 @@ and have emojis deployed already in the common config folder
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`%APPDATA%\mintty\emojis`, they will be reused by wsltty.
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To deploy emojis standalone for wsltty, use the scripts installed in 
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`%APPDATA%\wsltty\emojis`:
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`%APPDATA%\wsltty\emojis` within WSL:
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* `cd $(wslpath "$APPDATA/wsltty/emojis")`
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* `getemojis` to provide emoji graphics as listed by Unicode.org
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* `getflags` to provide emoji flag graphics (extending Unicode dynamically) from various sources
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