Using a separate config file or path to save ColorSchemes.json

[kylinholmes]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Many users like to change their preference of terminal, and the current way of setting and store ColorSchemes.json is a litte bit unconverience.

Now, if I wanna to try a NewStyle, I only need to copy content and paste it into the section of schemes in settings.json. However, when I downloading a collection of shcemes, the way above is unconfortable, cause I don't wanna to repeat it like 100 times.

Whats more, iTerm2 have a quicker way to get the preview of scheme.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

My suggestion is using a specific dir like ~/.WindowsTeriminal/colors/ to save all ColorSchemes.json, which will more easier to download, to add.

When launching WindowsTerminal, reading all *.json in the above dir automaticlly. which will also be easier to find or udpate content in each *.json

[carlos-zamora]

Thanks for filing! A few notes:

• Saving settings to a different location is something we've talked about in the past. I can't find an open issue on it though, so I'll just use this to track it for now.
• Fragments are a solution to this problem, actually! You can introduce new color schemes via JSON fragment extensions. Read more about it here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/json-fragment-extensions
• Overall, we want to invest in the Settings UI to make this a non-issue. We're tracking all our major investments in the Settings UI here: #10000

[zadjii-msft]

Saving settings to a different location is something we've talked about in the past. I can't find an open issue on it though

Ah, we're tracking this in #2933 actually. At least, that's the place I've duped this all to in the past - for both layering beyond just fragments, but also roaming the settings. We can consolidate this.

/dup #2933

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