[dragonwriter]

> cmd.exe is a terminal emulator

Isn't Windows Console the (old) terminal emulator, with cmd.exe being just the command-line interpreter.

[jkrejcha]

Yeah, conhost.exe is the old terminal emulator effectively (cmd.exe being a shell).

Before that, csrss.exe handled terminal emulation (which is why console windows weren't themable[1]).

[1]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20071231-00/?p=23...