ConEmu
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| Developer(s) |
Zoin (2006-2008) Maximus5 (2009–present) |
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| Initial release | March 9, 2007 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Terminal emulator |
| License | BSD license |
| Website | conemu.github.io |
ConEmu (short for Console Emulator) is a console window (terminal emulator) and tabbed environment for Windows.[1][2] ConEmu presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with tabs, a status bar and other features.
Initially, the program was created as a companion to FAR Manager,[2] bringing some features common for graphical file managers to this console application (thumbnails and tiles, drag and drop with other windows,[3] colored panel background[4] and true color interface).
Today, ConEmu can be used with any other Win32 console application or simple GUI tool (such as Notepad or PuTTY).[2][3][5][6]
Features, short list
- Multiple tabbed windows for console applications[1][6] and Far Manager editors and viewers
- Easily resize the window, both horizontally & vertically by dragging the corner[1]
- One-click access to new console tab[1]
- Run simple GUI apps in tabs[3][5]
- Attach and detach console windows[5]
- Configurable colors[1]
- Optional background image and transparency[1]
- Line-based or block-based text selection (instead of the column selection in the windows console)[5]
- Integration with FAR Manager[1][3][5]
- User-defined startup tabs[5]
- Windows 7 Jump Lists and Progress on Taskbar buttons[1][3]
- Easily run old DOS applications (games) in Windows 7[3] - DosBox integration
- Running as Administrator selected tabs;[1][3]
- Thumbnails and tiles in Far Manager
- Full screen graphical window modes[1]
- Using 24-bit colors in Far Manager 3.x[7]
- Drag and drop (explorer style) of files and folders in Far Manager[3]
- Status Bar Details[1][3]
- Chinese support[8]
- Scale terminal text by holding your ctrl button and scrolling your mouse-wheel
Configuration
Large amount of options and keyboard shortcuts may be changed with Settings dialog.[3]
ConEmu doesn't provide any shell itself, but rather allows using any other shell.[2]
See also
- FAR Manager
- Terminal emulator
- List of terminal emulators
- ANSI X3.64
- Command-line interface
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 Steen, Greg. "Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals". TechNet Magazine. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Morefield, Bill (September 20, 2012). "An Even Better Command Line with ConEmu". AppStorm.net.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Scott Hanselman (June 11, 2012). "ConEmu - The Windows Terminal/Console/Prompt we've been waiting for?"
- ↑ "Panel-colorer - Innovative UI plugin for FAR manager and ConEmu console emulator". BestOpenSource. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 jpsoft (April 8, 2012). "Windows Console Replacements, Part 6 – Take Command and ConEmu".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Williams, Mike (October 3, 2012). "Supercharge your Windows command line experience with ConEmu". SoftwareCrew.com.
- ↑ Алексей Добрунов (Juny 30, 2010). "FarColorer TrueMod" (in Russian).
- ↑ bamanzi (August 17, 2012). "Windows下的Console Emulator" (in Chinese).
External links
- Official page
- Online documentation
- ConEmu on SuperUser.com
- Earl, Josh. "Get a transparent, Quake-style Windows console with ConEmu". Retrieved July 6, 2012.