Questions tagged [console2]

Console is a Windows console window enhancement

Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles.

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Unable to get -r parameter working

I've tried in every way imaginable to execute a shell command from command line but it simply doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? C:\Console2\Console.exe -r runstuff.bat C:\Console2\Console.exe -d C:\Console2 -r…
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How do I export and import Console2 settings?

I have customized my Console2 on one windows PC and I want to have the same settings on 3 more windows PCs. Where does Console2 save its settings? How do I export them into a file and import them on other PCs?
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backspace not working in vim inside cmd or ConEmu or console2, cygwin terminals on windows 7

hitting single backspace character taking time to delete a single character in Insert Mode. If I type 2 backspace character quickly then the text in that line become highlighted and even :set hlsearch! is not removing the highlighted text. I have…
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gcc: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000010)

I've been searching around for an answer to this for a while but haven't been able to find a solution. Basically, I'm using MinGW and when trying to compile any piece of C code, I get this message: "The application was unable to start correctly…
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console2 "start" doesn't change focus to the new window

When I open a directory from "console2" by typing "start " the window sometimes runs in the background and focus stays in console2. If the folder is open and not minimized, the icon just flashes in the task bar and I have to hunt for it with the…
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console2 - how to edit config file, what name/location?

Have mistakenly set the path and command sequence for cygwin bash. Invoking it now results in path error, so would like to edit the run code to fix it. Where is that bugger? Had set preferences to save to a config file.
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Console2 settings not getting saved between sessions

I had a nice Console2 setup going until i screwed with the settings and it messed my entire setup. I unzipped and copied the original files over the existing install and deleted the console.xml file in the User settings dir…
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Open Cygwin on a path passed as the first parameter to bash.exe

I'm going mad trying to achieve this. I read a lot of questions over Stack Overflow, but they didn't work. I'm trying to open a tab on console2 that opens Cygwin on the path passed as a parameter to it. For cmd.exe, is quite easy: cmd.exe %1 For…
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Configure command and response colors in the windows command line. Alternatives?

I work a lot in command line with app with sends a lot of information in response in json. I found that sometimes it is not easy to find where the response starts and ends and where is the command of this response I tried Console2, CMD, PowerShell…
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Is it possible to make a script that runs commands on Console 2?

I use Win XP. I have no admin rights on this computer, so I'm not allowed to access the System variables. I can run a batch file, but it annoys me that both cmd and Console 2 are then running. I would like Console 2 to be run exclusively. Here's…
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windows cmd doesn't type hebrew characters form Ruby app

I have a XML that contains also Hebrew characters, but when typing (the Windows 'CAT') it to the screen - it shows Gibrish. So, I installed Console2 and changed encoding (chcp) to either 862 or 1255 and then it is shown well, but then, when trying…
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PSQL not translating keyboard command after running query

Here is how I reproduce the issue: Log onto psql and hit up arrow (shows last event from history as expected): mydb=> select * from some_table; Run any select query. Hit up arrow a second time (shows non-translated input from keyboard): mydb=>…
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How to open up another tab with a different shell in console2

In my console2 settings under tabs, I have 3 different tabs the defult console, one with powershell shell and one with bash shell. Is there a way to set a hotkey so when I press ex, ctrl + a it opens up powershell and ctrl + b it opens up bash?
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Using Console2 with the R terminal

I am trying to configure Console2 to use the R terminal. I created a new tab named "R" and under the shell directory I linked it to: ...\R\R-3.1.3\bin\x64\R.exe. Console 2 just hangs for a few seconds and then reappears in the corner of my desktop…
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Console2 cygwin all green

I just set up Console2 and cygwin. All defaul settings. Then in Console2 settings I configured new tab to use cygwin (set Shell to C:\programs\cygwin\Cygwin.bat). Now when I open cygwin console font is green. Part of prompt have different color, but…
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