Questions tagged [conemu]
ConEmu is an advanced Windows console emulator with tabs, fonts, resizable windows, colors, ANSI X3.64 support, and much more.
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Git Bash Here in 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, ...
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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/...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 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-...
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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? ...
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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" ...
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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 ...
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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 -...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Getting CTRL+V to work in Vim inside Conemu
Conemu uses CTRL+V as the short cut to “paste first line of clipboad.” I want this functionality when I’m interacting with the command-line, but when I’m in Vim I’d like Vim to handle it.
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Prevent mouse over to give focus in ConEmu
In ConEmu when I have multiple panes active, a pane will get the focus when I move the mouse cursor over it, even if I don't click on the pane.
Is it possible to disable this behavior?
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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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ConEmu / Cmder - Drag Tab into New Window
In Cmder / ConEmu, I was working with multiple tabs, and realized it'd be helpful to have them side-by-side. In Chrome/Firefox, I'd click a tab and drag it out of the parent window and release; it'll ...
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How can I change tab bar color in ConEmu
How I can change color of tab bar in ConEmu on Windows? I tried find in settings but never found appropriate option.
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cmder: make a new tab open in the directory of the already-open tab
When I press Ctrl+T to open a new tab in Cmder, I want the new tab to open in the same directory as the old tab (the tab that I was in, when I hit Ctrl+T).
This will avoid a lot of cd commands in ...
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ConEmu switch between tabs with PuTTY tab open
When I open new PuTTY tab inside ConEmu Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab keyboard shortcuts are unusable once that PuTTY tab gains focus.
Is there any way to fix this?
I might be missing something obvious ...
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ConEmu how to change default colorscheme for consoles
After the most recent update, the ConEmu console color scheme changed to some strange dark blue background with gray text display. Is there an option to have the color scheme reflect the default color ...
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ConEmu's startup option
Where I can find autostart ConEmu option? I have searched everywhere (google it too) and can't find it.
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ConEmu -- different color schemes for different tasks
I want to use different color schemes for different tasks in ConEmu, but I cannot figure out how. I see instructions on how to do this for different programs. However, when I check the override color ...
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How can I get output logged from ConEmu?
I would like to know if it is possible to log all the output automatically from a session in ConEmu.
Specifically, I'd like to log starting bash or connecting to a remote device. I'm assuming this is ...
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Is there a way to get icons on the tabs in conemu?
Is there a way to get icons on the tabs in conemu? I would like the tab to have a PowerShell icon for my PowerShell tab for example. I have got it to work for the taskbar/jump list by specifying a ...
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How to close ConEmu's Tab without Confirmation?
I get a confirmation dialog when I close ConEmu's tab.
Where can I configure that confirmation dialog only appears some process is still running?
I checked Settings->Features->Tabs, but I ...
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conEmu: Is it possible to lock scrollbar and prevent it from auto scrolling down
conEmu experts:
I have a script that prints a lot in a short time. So I want to disable the auto scrolling down when the script is running.
I don't want to use 'more' because it only allows ...
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ConEmu: How to call msys2 as tab?
I want to create a 2x2 grid of console, and I want it to be my default setting, meaning when I open ConEmu, this setting to be the startup setting. I have written a task like below:
>* cmd -...
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How to prevent terminal colours dim / change when ConEmu loses focus?
When ConEmu loses focus it goes from this:
To this:
I've been unable to find any relevant focus settings. How can I prevent this behaviour?
ConEmu 161206 [64] {Stable}
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conemu: Change color scheme per shell?
conemu is pretty awesome, but is there a way to set a color profile for each individual shell? Like for powershell it uses one theme, for a cmd prompt it uses another, for putty another and so on.
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Open A New Tab In ConEmu, in the same Directory (git bash)
I want to assign a keyboard short cut within ConEmu that will open a new tab, in the same directory as the current tab is within.
So something like:
-new_console:d:[<pwd>]%ProgramFiles(x86)%\...
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Default console in ConEmu
I have git bash setup as a predefined task (task #1). But when I open ConEmu it defaults to cmd console, how do I change the default console to git bash?
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How do i configure conemu to open a new tab instead of a new window, when run on the command line?
I use total commander a lot and in my muscle memory i have it that i can run cmd at any time in total commander, and it will open a new shell window at the current directory.
I'm looking for conemu ...
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Is that possible to reorder tabs in ConEmu?
ConEmu is a great tool I discovered recently.
I was just wondering if it's possible to reorder tabs in ConEmu?
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Splitted screens adjusting in ConEmu
I usually use Terminator on Linux, and of its features that I like is the ability to adjust the size of the splitted screens arbitrarily.
E.g:
http://oracleview.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/...
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can I get ConEmu to "mark to copy"?
I installed ConEmu last week, thought I'd give it a try vs. Console2. After staring at various config options for 10 minutes I didn't see any way to get ConEmu to automatically copy text that I've ...
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Duplicate session in ConEmu
Is there way to "duplicate" session in ConEmu.
I know it's not possible for every kind of terminal (cmd.exe, powershell, etc),
but I'm most interested in following situation:
I'm in cmd.exe console ...
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How should I install Far Manager into Cmder?
I have just unzipped the cmder package. Cmder wraps ConEmu nicely. But how do I install Far Manager properly?
I can think of cmder\, cmder\vendor\ and cmder\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ as possible ...
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If I have multiple open tabs how do I merge them into single split tab?
I can split a single tab, but how do I gather several already open tabs (or windows) into a single split tab/window?
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Docker on Conemu
I am trying to make docker run on ConEmu by creating a task that open up Docker start.sh file usinggit bash.
Since normally docker Terminal is pointing to "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" --login ...
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ConEmu: Keyboard shortcut to run "cls[ENTER]"
In ConEmu, is it possible to create a Macro to type/paste "cls" then press [ENTER] and (ideally) assign it the keyboard shortcut [CTRL]+L ?
I am trying to emulate the clear screen function of the ...
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Update ConEmu tab with current path
On ConEmu I'm opening a powershell console. I'd like the title of the tab to reflect the current folder I'm in. However, by default, the title is "Windows Powershell."
I specified the tab title in my ...
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How to auto attach any putty or kitty console to ConEmu
Is it possible to auto attach any putty.exe or kitty.exe console windows to ConEmu?
If yes, then how can it be done?
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Ubuntu purple terminal colors in ConEmu
How to set up Unubtu-like terminal colors with purple background?
Inspired by this question: Ubuntu purple terminal colors to iTerm2. The answer is some tricky, because terminal background is not one ...
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Start SSH in ConEmu
How can I set a shortcut in ConEmu to automatically open a new tab with Cygwin, and automatically start a given command (Say, SSH)?
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How to enable color options in ConEmu, similar to bash terminal?
In Linux bash terminal we can enable color.
Is it possible to achieve the same for ConEmu?
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How can I specify multiple startup tasks in Conemu?
How can I specify multiple startup tasks in Conemu? I want to have each task in a separate tab opened on startup.
Something like:
ConEmu64.exe /cmdlist {Powershell}|{FAR}|{VSConsole}
Unfortunately, ...
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Rename tab from MinGW-console using ConEmu
I'm using the cmder (ConEmu) with Git Bash-tabs (MinGW) and I want to rename the current tab with a console command. Within a cmd-Tab I can use cmd /c RenameTab "myTabName" but I a need a similar ...
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ConEmu - running a script in the startup console
I have a script called todo that echoes a todo list to the terminal. I'd like ConEmu to run this every time it starts (thus, in the starting tab). How do I write a task to make it do that? todo is on ...