vbscript to run Terminator and xServer under wsl

wsl-terminator.vbs

' https://medium.com/@bhupathy/install-terminator-on-windows-with-wsl-2826591d2156
set shell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

xServerProcessName = "vcxsrv.exe"

RunXserverProcess( xServerProcessName )

RunTerminator()

KillXserverProcess( xServerProcessName )

function RunXserverProcess( strProcess )
	'https://gist.github.com/avinoamsn/495db3729d6b24ec065a710250657c16
	if getProcessObject(strProcess) is Nothing Then
		shell.exec "C:\Program Files\VcXsrv\" & strProcess & " :0 -ac -terminate -lesspointer -multiwindow -clipboard -wgl -dpi auto"
	end if
end function

function RunTerminator()
	'https://gist.github.com/GregRos/6d4ad376cebe7ce1c9e52deaf90171d3
	cdPath = "~"
	if WScript.Arguments.Length > 0 Then
		cdPath = "'$(wslpath -u '" & WScript.Arguments(0) & "')'"
	end if

	'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38969503/shellexecute-and-wait
	'Wscript.Shell.Run instead of Wscript.Shell.Application.ShellExecute - avoid async shell run and allow execution of code bellow
	shell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe bash -c ""cd " & cdPath & "; DISPLAY=:0 terminator""", 0, true
end function

function KillXserverProcess ( strProcess )
	'Check if another bash process is running to avoid closing xServer
	if Not getProcessObject("bash") is Nothing Then
		exit function
	end if

	set Process = getProcessObject(strProcess)
	if Not Process is Nothing Then
		Process.terminate
	end if
end function

function getProcessObject ( strProcess )
	' https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19794726/vb-script-how-to-tell-if-a-program-is-already-running
	Dim Process, strObject : strObject = "winmgmts://."
	For Each Process in GetObject( strObject ).InstancesOf( "win32_process" )
	if UCase( Process.name ) = UCase( strProcess ) Then
		set getProcessObject = Process
		exit Function
	end if
	Next
	set getProcessObject = Nothing
end function

Nice one! Thanks! 👏

Nice, thanks! I did sneak in some High DPI environment variables in RunTerminator :

shell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe bash -c ""cd " & cdPath & "; export GDK_SCALE=0.5; export GDK_DPI_SCALE=2.0; DISPLAY=:0 terminator""", 0, true

This after fixing the high dpi for the x server in its properties, per other recommendations.

It would be nice mentioning that, for wsl2, you can use
shell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe bash -c ""cd " & cdPath & "; DISPLAY=$(awk '/nameserver / {print $2; exit}' /etc/resolv.conf 2>/dev/null):0 terminator""", 0, true
instead of
shell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe bash -c ""cd " & cdPath & "; DISPLAY=:0 terminator""", 0, true

It would be nice mentioning that, for wsl2, you can use
shell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe bash -c ""cd " & cdPath & "; DISPLAY=$(awk '/nameserver / {print $2; exit}' /etc/resolv.conf 2>/dev/null):0 terminator""", 0, true
instead of
shell.run "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe bash -c ""cd " & cdPath & "; DISPLAY=:0 terminator""", 0, true

Uff bro, thanks for your contribution! Without this, it didn't work for me. 👏 👏 👏 👏