a replacement for the Windows console
Console2 is a Windows console (CSRSS or Conhost) window enhancement. It offers multiple tabs, simpler copy-paste, transparency, and hotkey and appearance configurability.
Questions tagged [console2]
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How to copy text from Console2?
I just started using Console2 as an alternative to cmd.exe
I can't figure out how to copy text from the console to the clipboard -- dragging over it with the mouse won't mark anything, and there is no option in the right-click menu to "mark" as in…
GJ.
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Git Bash Here in Console2?
MSysGit installs a context menu item that opens a Git Bash prompt at the currently selected folder; however, this opens a cmd.exe window and I would like it to open in Console2 instead.
What modifications do I need to make to get this working?
Note,…
Charles Roper
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How/Where do you install Console2 on Windows 7
I downloaded the source and binaries from http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/files/
In the binaries help file it makes reference to a setup file but there is none.
The list of files included in the Console-2.00b145-Beta.zip…
Brian Boatright
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Getting console2 to work nicely with UAC
I would like to get console2 to work nicely with UAC
Particular problems I would like to tackle:
If I start non-elevated, have a way to elevate while running. It'd be especially nice if I could elevate individual tabs
I would like to get different…
Merlyn Morgan-Graham
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Console2 how to repeat last command?
Is there any way how to repeat last executed command (like up arrow does is cmd.exe) in Console2?
Marek Osvald
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How do I host a mintty shell inside of Console2?
I like to use Console2 for my Windows shell work, where I usually make it open a cygwin bash prompt.
I'd like to try out MinTTY (2), and want to host it within Console2 as well. If this is possible, how do I do it?
I've set Console2 to have a tab…
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Previous shell setting prevents console2 from starting
Few months ago, I was using Cygwin and Console on windows 7 and created a bash session in Console. Now that I uninstalled Cygwin, Console complains with:
Unable to start a C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i!
I sarched through the registry but…
barerd
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replacing the default console emulator under Windows XP
How can I replace the default program providing console windows under Windows XP?
I know of alternative programs, and I have a shortcut to start cmd.exe in Console2. But now I want console applications to start in Console2 rather than the default…
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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Is there a way to stop “Ctrl+C” from closing a tab when running Git Bash in Console2?
My goal is to have a terminal with Unix commands (e.g. ls instead of dir), color, and working keys in my Windows 7 machine. My current attempt at getting this to work is using Git Bash in Console2. I created a new tab with:
Title: Git Bash
Icon:…
Eva
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Console 2 command aliases
I use Console 2 and I would like to create some aliases for commands I use often. Maybe my google-fu just sucks today but I cannot figure out how to do this. Any help would be appreciated thanks.
StevenMcD
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Console2 run command on start
I run this command in cmd:
console2 -t MyTab -r ipconfig
Should this command auto run ipconfig after console opens MyTab? It doesn't for me. It doesn't even without -t option.
WHITECOLOR
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msysgit's ssh doesn't display colors
I'm using Console 2 to launch msysgit's Bash shell in Windows. When I ssh to a server (either a SLES or RHLE server) and do an ls or use vi I don't get any colors. However, the colors DO work correctly if I use PuTTY. I haven't done any color…
user192665
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Console2 + putty/Cygwin ssh + xterm-256 integration
I've successfully switched to Console2 on my Windows box, and I'm quite satisfied with that.
(If you don't know it, try it: it lets you group both cmd.exe and Cygwin sessions in the same, tabbed window).
Now I'd like to integrate my PuTTY sessions…
AndreaG
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Console2 - open new tab in existing session from cmd
Is it possible to open a new Console2 tab from cmd?
I run specific commands from my text editor (sublime) and would love to open them in console instead of regular cmds.
However, I am only able to open a whole new instance of Console2, which I don't…
mreq
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How to open git for windows shell inside a tab on ConsoleZ
I have used git bash 1.9.5 from https://git-scm.com/download/win (that URL starts a download) on ConsoleZ as shell and have no problem on open him inside a tab.
But, with the new Git for windows 2.4.5.1 RC4, it open always in a new window. What are…
