1 dime tip for today: Console2

[newdep]

I hate the windows 16Bit cmd.exe, this thing is unusable.. ;-)



There is an alternative though... a tool that creates a pipe IO

to  the real cmd.exe but it is just a new console ..with resize

colors etc..etc..



http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/">//http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/

(download the beta 2)



You can reconfigure any application to run in it.. So is newlisp!)



So you have a better console under windows..

[Fanda]

Thumbs up! I like it too! ;-)



Fanda

[m35]

Neat, even can be semi-transparent :D

Do you know if it can do unicode? I've never seen any console programs for windows before, let alone any that can use unicode in the command line.

[ale870]

Beautiful!

Great idea making just a "front-end" and not another shell!

[alex]

It may be interesting variant : http://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/wiki/ConEmu">//http://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/wiki/ConEmu

With support  "xterm 256 color mode" :-)

Your opinion?

[newdep]

Ah yes ik know that one.. its a plugin for the far commander (russian version of midmight commander ;-)

At the time it just did not do what i wanted iy to do..but probably its enhanced meanwhile..



I jumped to an older console program, already used with OS2 for years, Take Command / TCC from JPsoft. The TCC is free the TCMD is commericial and it has hunderds of Batch enhancements etc...

(which is actualy the only console replacement i found that was working correctly.. there is another cmd

replacement for windows which is 32 bits and was created by a dutch/belgium guy..but not supported anymore, but its free and fast... sorry forgot the name...)



The other option im using under windows is running a local free sshd and connect with putty / xshell to my local machine ;-)

[HPW]

Nice find! TakeCommand seems very powerfull.