How to start Wezterm directly into my WSL Ubuntu Setup

[Trid-collab]

I am new to Wezterm. Presently when I open Wezterm, it opens into the default Powershell Terminal which I believe is being picked up from the existing Windows Terminal setup I have. I then do a right click and select the second option listed New Tab (domain WSL:Ubuntu - Ubuntu) I want to open the Wezterm directly into this Ubuntu option. How can I configure this.

[wez]

Take a look at: https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/config/lua/config/default_domain.html

[jesperalmstrom]

This did not work for me. What am I doing wrong? This is my lua config:

-- Pull in the wezterm API
local wezterm = require 'wezterm'

-- This table will hold the configuration.
local config = {}
config.wsl_domains = {
  {
    -- The name of this specific domain.  Must be unique amonst all types
    -- of domain in the configuration file.
    name = 'WSL:Ubuntu',

    -- The name of the distribution.  This identifies the WSL distribution.
    -- It must match a valid distribution from your `wsl -l -v` output in
    -- order for the domain to be useful.
    distribution = 'Ubuntu',
  },
}
config.default_domain = 'WSL:Ubuntu'

-- In newer versions of wezterm, use the config_builder which will
-- help provide clearer error messages
if wezterm.config_builder then
  config = wezterm.config_builder()
end

config.font = wezterm.font 'MesloLGS Nerd Font Mono'

-- For example, changing the color scheme:
config.color_scheme = 'AdventureTime'

-- and finally, return the configuration to wezterm
return config

Still get the cmd.exe shell

[nekowinston]

@jesperalmstrom You're overwriting config after previously setting it:

local wezterm = require 'wezterm'

local config = {}
if wezterm.config_builder then
  config = wezterm.config_builder()
end

-- change config now
config.default_domain = 'WSL:Ubuntu'

See it in the REPL:

[jesperalmstrom]

Thanks, that helped a lot. Now I am able to ditch Alacritty :-)