dotfiles/win/wsl.md

GUI

X11 for Windows

1. download and install vcxsrc
2. double click on XLaunch to launch vcxsrc for Windows
3. put following setting to ~/.profile.fish

set -gx DISPLAY (winip):0.0
# window size scaling factor
set -gx GDK_SCALE 0.5
# dpi scaling factor
set -gx GDK_DPI_SCALE 2

PulseAudio for Windows

Windows Part

1. download and extract pluseaudio to your preferred location
2. append following line to etc/default.pa:

load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1;172.16.0.0/12

3. append following line to etc/daemon.conf:

exit-idle-time = -1

4. run bin/pulseaudio.exe on cmd/powershell to start up pulaudio-server for testing
5. using nssm nssm to make pulseaudio run as system service

WSL Part

1. install package

sudo apt install libpulse0

2. setup environment variables on ~/.profile.fish:

set -gx PULSE_SERVER tcp:(winip)

3. play sound using ffplay to test