Questions tagged [conemu]

ConEmu is an advanced Windows console emulator with tabs, fonts, resizable windows, colors, ANSI X3.64 support, and much more.

ConEmu starts a console program in hidden console window and provides an alternative customizable GUI window with various features. Screenshots.

  • smooth and friendly window resizing;
  • tabs for editors, viewers, panels and consoles;
  • run simple GUI apps in tabs;
  • Windows 7 Jump lists and Progress on taskbar;
  • easy run old DOS applications (games) in Windows 7 or 64bit OS;
  • thumbnails and tiles in Far Manager;
  • normal, maximized and full screen window graphic modes;
  • window font anti-aliasing: standard, clear type, disabled;
  • window fonts: family, height, width, bold, italic, etc.;
  • using normal/bold/italic fonts for different parts of console simultaneously;
  • using 24bit colors in Far Manager 3.x;
  • ANSI X3.64 and Xterm 256 colors;
  • cursor: standard console (horisontal) or GUI (vertical);
  • optional settings (e.g. palette) for selected applications;
  • for BufferHeight mode: vertical scrolling using keyboard;
  • show full output (1K+ lines) of last command in editor/viewer;
  • customizable Far Manager right click behaviour (long click opens context menu);
  • drag and drop (explorer style) of files and folders in Far Manager;
  • BDF fonts limited support;
  • user friendly text and block selection;
  • transparency and desktop mode;
  • customizable starting tabs;
  • configurable and clickable status bar;
  • and more... take a look at Settings dialog, Whats New and Settings.reg

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How do I create a right-click context menu entry to open Git Bash at a given folder within ConEmu?

How do I create a right-click context menu entry to open Git Bash at a given folder within ConEmu? See Git Bash Here in Console2 for the equivalent question for Console2.
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Change ConEmu's default start directory

How do I change ConEmu settings such that always when I open it, it will start the cmd in a directory of my choosing instead of the default ConEmu folder?
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Configure Powershell to be conemu's default shell

Is it possible to configure Powershell to be conemu's default shell? I know I can add additional "tasks" to conemu but I want it to default to use Powershell instead of cmd.exe so that, for example, when I use a plugin for an IDE that opens conemu…
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How do I configure ConEmu to run Cygwin Bash?

I created a new task {Bash} passed my home directory /dir "C:\Users\TMB\" and added bash as an application C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe When I open Bash, it is unable to use the basic UNIX/Cygwin utilities. How do I configure ConEmu to run Cygwin…
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ConEmu: disable bell

I'm really appreciating conemu as an alternative windows shell, but the alert bell sound is driving me crazy! (I wear earbuds and that sound goes right through me..) Is there are an option to disable the bell alert noise (or switch for a screen…
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Why is VIM starting in replace mode?

On several new CentOS 7 machines, I find that VIM automatically starts in replace mode. After removing all automatically installed .vimrc files, normal behavior returns. However, if I simply create a .vimrc (eg. touch ~/.vimrc), VIM will begin…
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How do I give each tab opened by a {Task} a custom name?

I have a ConEmu {Task} that opens several tabs, each to a different directory. The trouble is, these tabs all have the same name and are hard to tell apart. I know I can rename each tab by right-clicking it and selecting rename*, but is there a way…
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Where is the Apps key on a standard Microsoft keyboard?

ConEmu has a shortcut for renaming the current tab. It's Apps+R. I have never seen an Apps key on any keyboard. Where is it?
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how do I export ConEmu settings?

I'd like to export my ConEmu settings at work for use at home. I don't see any files in my AppData or Users folder that contain ConEmu settings. Is there a way to export them from within the program? I've looked and don't really see it.
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Conemu: How do I make several console windows in one tab from task file?

How to make several console windows in one tab from task file? I want to make a grid 2×2 of consoles in one tab. I can do it by hand when create new consoles and select "To right" or "To bottom" options. But I want it to be created automatically on…
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How do you configure ConEmu to run cmd.exe as an Administrator from an Explorer integration?

I am trying to add a ConEmu Here - Explorer context menu integration entry for the Visual Studio 2012 command prompt. I want the shortcut to Run as Administrator. I am not sure of the right way to do this in ConEmu. I am using the following…
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ConEmu: How to attach PuTTY

I have been trying to open a new PuTTY window inside as one of ConEmu Tab, but no success so far, I've tried many combinations. putty.exe -cur_console:b -ssh USER@DOMAIN 22 -pw PASSWORD putty.exe -new_console -ssh USER@DOMAIN 22 -pw…
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How can i have clickable URLs in Conemu?

I just had a message from Ruby saying C:\Users\ndx>gem install awestruct Fetching: hpricot-0.8.6.gem (100%) ERROR: Error installing awestruct: The 'hpricot' native gem requires installed build tools. Please update your PATH to include…
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Set the text size (font size) in the ConEmu PowerShell window?

I have opened PowerShell in ConEmu. The text size is too small for a presentation. How do we increase it? I have tried the following ConEmu Settings: Size & Pos, Appearance, Text Cursor. I haven't found it.
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Creating alias in Conemu

Is it possible to create alias for ConEmu? Also in linux, bash terminal have .bashrc file, what is similar to ConEmu? Thanks
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