{"id":2395,"date":"2015-03-05T06:26:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T02:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/?p=2395"},"modified":"2015-03-05T12:38:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T08:38:49","slug":"cmder-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/windows\/cmder-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"Cmder! Wow."},"content":{"rendered":"

Discovered chalk<\/a>. Via which I discovered Cmder,<\/a> a (portable) console emulator for Windows based on ConEmu<\/a>. Which is itself a console emulator for Windows.<\/p>\n

I was aware of Console2<\/a> which I have previously used (discovered that via Scott Hanselman<\/a>) but Cmder seems to be in active development, is prettier, and has a lot more features.<\/p>\n

\"cmder\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Notice I have multiple tabs open; they can run PowerShell, cmd.exe<\/code>, Bash, Putty(!), scripts you specify; tabs running in an admin context have a shield next to them; I can select themes for each tab (the default is Monokai which is quite pretty); I have a status bar which can show various bits and pieces of info; and it’s all in one window whose tabs I can keep switching through (I can create hotkeys to start tabs with a particular task and even set a bunch of tabs to start as one task and then select that task as the default).<\/p>\n

\"cmder-tasks\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I couldn’t find much help on how to use Cmder until I realized I can use the documentation of ConEmu as it’s based on the latter. For instance, this page<\/a> has details on the -new_console<\/code> switches I use above. This page<\/a> has details on the various command-line switches that ConEmu and Cmder accept. Scott Hanselman<\/a> has a write-up on ConEmu which is worth reading as he goes into much more of the features.<\/p>\n

Here’s my task definitions in case it helps anyone:<\/p>\n

<key name=\"Task1\" modified=\"2015-03-05 06:24:11\" build=\"140707\">\r\n  <value name=\"Name\" type=\"string\" data=\"{Default}\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"GuiArgs\" type=\"string\" data=\" \/icon \"%CMDER_ROOT%\\cmder.exe\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd1\" type=\"string\" data=\"> powershell -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:P:\"<PowerShell>\" -new_console:t:\"PowerShell\" \"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Active\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000001\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Count\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000004\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Hotkey\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd2\" type=\"string\" data=\"cmd \/k \"%ConEmuDir%\\..\\init.bat\" -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:t:\"Cmd\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd3\" type=\"string\" data=\"powershell -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:P:\"<PowerShell>\" -new_console:t:\"PowerShell Admin\" -new_console:a\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd4\" type=\"string\" data=\"cmd \/k \"%ConEmuDir%\\..\\init.bat\" -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:t:\"Cmd Admin\" -new_console:a  \"\/>\r\n<\/key>\r\n    <key name=\"Task2\" modified=\"2015-03-05 06:24:11\" build=\"140707\">\r\n  <value name=\"Name\" type=\"string\" data=\"{PowerShell}\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"GuiArgs\" type=\"string\" data=\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd1\" type=\"string\" data=\"powershell -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:P:\"<PowerShell>\" -new_console:t:\"PowerShell\" \"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Active\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Count\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000001\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Hotkey\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00001150\"\/>\r\n<\/key>\r\n    <key name=\"Task3\" modified=\"2015-03-05 06:24:11\" build=\"140707\">\r\n  <value name=\"Name\" type=\"string\" data=\"{PowerShell (Admin)}\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Hotkey\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"GuiArgs\" type=\"string\" data=\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd1\" type=\"string\" data=\"powershell -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:P:\"<PowerShell>\" -new_console:t:\"PowerShell Admin\" -new_console:a\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Active\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Count\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000001\"\/>\r\n<\/key>\r\n    <key name=\"Task4\" modified=\"2015-03-05 06:24:11\" build=\"140707\">\r\n  <value name=\"Name\" type=\"string\" data=\"{cmd}\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Hotkey\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"GuiArgs\" type=\"string\" data=\" \/icon \"%CMDER_ROOT%\\cmder.exe\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd1\" type=\"string\" data=\"cmd \/k \"%ConEmuDir%\\..\\init.bat\" -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:t:\"Cmd\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Active\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Count\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000001\"\/>\r\n<\/key>\r\n    <key name=\"Task5\" modified=\"2015-03-05 06:24:11\" build=\"140707\">\r\n  <value name=\"Name\" type=\"string\" data=\"{cmd (Admin)}\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Hotkey\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"GuiArgs\" type=\"string\" data=\" \/icon \"%CMDER_ROOT%\\cmder.exe\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd1\" type=\"string\" data=\"cmd \/k \"%ConEmuDir%\\..\\init.bat\" -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:t:\"Cmd Admin\" -new_console:a \"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Active\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Count\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000001\"\/>\r\n<\/key>\r\n    <key name=\"Task6\" modified=\"2015-03-05 06:24:11\" build=\"140707\">\r\n  <value name=\"Name\" type=\"string\" data=\"{Git bash}\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Hotkey\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"GuiArgs\" type=\"string\" data=\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd1\" type=\"string\" data=\"\"%ProgramFiles%\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe\" --login -i\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Active\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Count\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000001\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd2\" type=\"string\" data=\"cmd \/k \"%ConEmuDir%\\..\\init.bat\" -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:t:\"Cmd\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd3\" type=\"string\" data=\"powershell -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:P:\"<PowerShell>\" -new_console:t:\"PowerShell Admin\" -new_console:a\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd4\" type=\"string\" data=\"cmd \/k \"%ConEmuDir%\\..\\init.bat\" -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE% -new_console:t:\"Cmd Admin\" -new_console:a  \"\/>\r\n<\/key>\r\n    <key name=\"Task7\" modified=\"2015-03-05 06:24:11\" build=\"140707\">\r\n  <value name=\"Name\" type=\"string\" data=\"{Azure PowerShell}\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Hotkey\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"GuiArgs\" type=\"string\" data=\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Cmd1\" type=\"string\" data=\"powershell -NoExit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Azure\\PowerShell\\ServiceManagement\\Azure\\Services\\ShortcutStartup.ps1\" -new_console:P:\"<Murena scheme>\" -new_console:t:\"Azure\"\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Active\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000000\"\/>\r\n  <value name=\"Count\" type=\"dword\" data=\"00000001\"\/>\r\n<\/key><\/pre>\n
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Notice a single task can start multiple commands (tasks), each with its own settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Discovered chalk. Via which I discovered Cmder, a (portable) console emulator for Windows based on ConEmu. Which is itself a console emulator for Windows. I was aware of Console2 which I have previously used (discovered that via Scott Hanselman) but Cmder seems to be in active development, is prettier, and has a lot more features. … Continue reading Cmder! Wow.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[102,85],"tags":[486,487,227],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}