hey I can send 'return' commands now that's cool I guess.

src/ConsoleBuffer/ConsoleWrapper.cs

@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@ public sealed class ConsoleWrapper : IDisposable, INotifyPropertyChanged
         /// The handle into which we write data to the console.
         /// </summary>
         private SafeFileHandle writeHandle;
+        private FileStream writeStream;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Handle to the console PTY.
         /// </summary>
         private IntPtr consoleHandle;
 
-        private Task readTask;
-
         // used for booting / running the underlying process.
         private NativeMethods.STARTUPINFOEX startupInfo;
         private NativeMethods.PROCESS_INFORMATION processInfo;
@@ -53,7 +52,14 @@ public ConsoleWrapper(string command)
             this.InitializeStartupInfo();
             this.StartProcess();
 
-            this.readTask = Task.Run(() => this.ReadConsoleTask());
+            Task.Run(() => this.ReadConsoleTask());
+            this.writeStream = new FileStream(this.writeHandle, FileAccess.Write);
+        }
+
+        public void SendKey(char value)
+        {
+            this.writeStream.WriteByte((byte)value);
+            this.writeStream.Flush();
         }
 
         private void CreatePTY()
@@ -131,6 +137,11 @@ private void ReadConsoleTask()
                         this.Buffer.Append(input, read);
                         this.OnPropertyChanged(nameof(this.Buffer));
                     }
+                    catch (ObjectDisposedException)
+                    {
+                        // this can happen when our parent disposes, safe to bail out silently.
+                        return;
+                    }
                     catch (Exception ex) // XXX: this is some lousy logging I don't normally recommend, need to kill later.
                     {
                         Logger.Verbose(ex.ToString());
@@ -178,10 +189,6 @@ void Dispose(bool disposing)
 
                 if (disposing)
                 {
-                    this.readTask?.Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
-                    this.readTask?.Dispose();
-                    this.readTask = null;
-
                     this.readHandle?.Dispose();
                     this.readHandle = null;
                     this.writeHandle?.Dispose();

src/condo/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     using System.Globalization;
     using System.Text;
     using System.Windows;
+    using System.Windows.Input;
     using System.Windows.Media;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ private Size DetermineSize()
         private void OnLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
             this.dpiInfo = VisualTreeHelper.GetDpi(this);
-            this.console = TerminalManager.Instance.GetOrCreate(0, "ping -t localhost");
+            this.console = TerminalManager.Instance.GetOrCreate(0, "cmd.exe");
 
             var stuffSize = this.DetermineSize();
             this.stuff.Height = stuffSize.Height;
@@ -65,6 +66,18 @@ private void OnLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
             };
 
             this.Closing += HandleClosing;
+            this.KeyDown += HandleKeyDown;
+        }
+
+        private void HandleKeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
+        {
+            switch (e.Key)
+            {
+            case Key.Return:
+                this.console.SendKey('\r');
+                this.console.SendKey('\n');
+                break;
+            }
         }
 
         private void HandleClosing(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)