Handoff — 2026-09-17 — Windows terminal windows: documentation ahead of the binary

State

Six documentation pages per language and the README now say terminal windows and the tools menu work on Windows (pseudo-console, cmd.exe via %COMSPEC%). The binary built from this checkout still pins turbo-core v0.8.0, which has neither. Uncommitted. Nothing else in flight.

Next steps

Wait for turbo-core v0.9.0 (the Windows work sits uncommitted on turbo-core's main — see its handoffs/2026-09-17-windows-terminal.md).
go get codeberg.org/turbo-editors/turbo-core@v0.9.0 && go mod tidy && GOWORK=off make check, then tag. tools.Shell became tools.Shell(); nothing in this repository calls it, so the re-pin should be one line.
The first F8 on a Windows machine, by whoever has one: the five checks are in docs/*/how-to/use-a-terminal.md.

Watch out for

The docs claim Windows support that has never been run by the authors, and say so in every place they claim it. Do not soften the wording until somebody has pressed F8 on Windows.

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# Handoff — 2026-09-17 — Windows terminal windows: documentation ahead of the binary

## State

Six documentation pages per language and the README now say terminal windows and the tools menu work on Windows (pseudo-console, cmd.exe via `%COMSPEC%`). The binary built from this checkout still pins turbo-core **v0.8.0**, which has neither. Uncommitted. Nothing else in flight.

## Next steps

1. Wait for turbo-core `v0.9.0` (the Windows work sits uncommitted on turbo-core's `main` — see its `handoffs/2026-09-17-windows-terminal.md`).
2. `go get codeberg.org/turbo-editors/turbo-core@v0.9.0 && go mod tidy && GOWORK=off make check`, then tag. `tools.Shell` became `tools.Shell()`; nothing in this repository calls it, so the re-pin should be one line.
3. The first `F8` on a Windows machine, by whoever has one: the five checks are in `docs/*/how-to/use-a-terminal.md`.

## Watch out for

- The docs claim Windows support that **has never been run by the authors**, and say so in every place they claim it. Do not soften the wording until somebody has pressed `F8` on Windows.