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I'm after a Doom-like command prompt, whereby I can could press a keyboard shortcut like CTRL Tab and the command prompt will scroll down from the top like Doom, Quake, etc.

Also if it works with Powershell that would be even better.

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When you say, "and the command prompt will scroll down from the top," do you mean that you want a DOS window to be launched? – goblinbox Nov 29 '10 at 10:25
...exactly, a DOS window will appear. I was thinking it would be great to have it, just scroll into view when called upon, and disappear otherwise. – wonea Nov 29 '10 at 11:41
+1, there's something like this for Terminal on OS X but I haven't seen it for Windows. – phoebus Nov 29 '10 at 15:12
Oh, a command prompt for Windows like the old-style FPS console controls would be AWESOME. – Shinrai Nov 29 '10 at 17:27
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See http://poshconsole.codeplex.com - Joel has implemented a "quake mode" that works exactly like you say.

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poshconsole doesn't work too good, and his development isn't very active. i recomend you to install console2 http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/ and autohotkey, http://www.autohotkey.com/, and use this script:

#|::

DetectHiddenWindows, on
IfWinExist ahk_class Console_2_Main
{
IfWinActive ahk_class Console_2_Main
  {

        WinHide ahk_class Console_2_Main
        if(temptitle="") 
            WinActivate ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
        else
            WinActivate %temptitle%
    }
else
  {
    WinGetActiveTitle, temptitle
    WinShow ahk_class Console_2_Main
    WinActivate ahk_class Console_2_Main
  }
}
else{
WinGetActiveTitle, temptitle
Run Console.exe
}
DetectHiddenWindows, off
return

Result

I just press win+| and i have mi transparent console running powershell. If i press again it disappear, :)

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