Console

NAME

SYNOPSIS

Console [ -c configurationfile ][ -w "main window title" ][ -ws "workspace" ][ -t tabtype ][ -n "tab name" ][ -d startupdirectory ][ -r "arguments" ][ -p basepriority ][ -ts sleeptime ][ -v visibility ][ -reuse ][ ]

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

Console features include:

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multiple tabs

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text editor-like text selection

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different background types (solid color, image, fake transparency)

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configurable font

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different window styles

Console(Z) features include:

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Splitting Tabs into views (horizontally and vertically)

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Grouping views (so input sent to one goes to all of them)

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Windows Vista aero glass theme

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Windows 7 jump list

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Windows 7 wallpaper positions and slideshow

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Windows 8 wallpapers on dual screen

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Zooming with Ctrl-Mouse

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Quake style console animation

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Strict monospace font rendering

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Settable opacity of text background color

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Full screen

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High DPI (per monitor)

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Localization

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Snippets

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and more...

Console(Z) is NOT a shell. Therefore, it does not implement shell features like command-line completion, syntax coloring, command history, etc.

Console(Z) is simply a nice-looking front end for a shell of your choice (cmd.exe, 4NT, bash, etc.) Other command-line utilities can also be used as 'shells' by Console(Z).

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-i

install the Console command on the Windows™ 'Desktop'.

-u

uninstall the Console command from the Windows™ 'Desktop'.

-V

print program version.

Console options:

-c configurationfile

Specifies a configuration file.

-w "main window title"

Sets main window title. This option will override all other main window title settings (e.g. 'use tab titles' setting)

-ws "workspace"

Specifies a workspace file.

-t tabtype

Specifies a startup tab type. Tab must be defined in Console(Z) settings.

-n "tab name"

Specifies a startup tab name.

-d startupdirectory

Specifies a startup directory. If you want to parametrize startup directories, you need to specify startup directory parameter as "%1" (backslash is outside of the double quotes)

-r "arguments"

Appends arguments to the startup shell command line. Do not confuse with a command that you type in the shell!

-p basepriority

Specifies shell base priority.

Idle Specifies that the threads of this process run only when the system is idle. The idle priority class is inherited by child processes.

BelowNormal Specifies that the process has priority above Idle but below Normal. The below normal priority class is inherited by child processes.

Normal Specifies that the process has no special scheduling needs.

AboveNormal Specifies that the process has priority above Normal but below High.

High Specifies that the process performs time-critical tasks that must be executed immediately, regardless of the load on the operating system. The threads of the process preempt the threads of normal or idle priority class processes. Use extreme care when specifying High for the process's priority class, because a high priority class application can use nearly all available processor time.

Realtime Specifies that the process has the highest possible priority. The threads of a process with RealTime priority preempt the threads of all other processes, including operating system processes performing important tasks. Thus, a RealTime priority process that executes for more than a very brief interval can cause disk caches not to flush or cause the mouse to be unresponsive.

-ts sleeptime

Specifies a sleep time (in milliseconds) before starting next tab. Only used when multiple tabs are specified.

-v visibility

Specifies the visibility of the application.

Show Shows the application.

Hide Hides the application.

Switch Switches the application visibility. Shows the application if it is hidden and hides the application if it is visible.

-reuse

Reuses another instance, if any exists, instead of starting a new one.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

4

usage message displayed.

5

version message displayed.

FILES

etc/console.cfg

XML file maintained by Console to hold all settings.

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

NOTES

Parts of the documentation has been extracted from the documentation in console.Help(1m) respectively console.chm(1m) of Console.

See also: https://github.com/cbucher/console/wiki for more information.

BUGS

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.