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I'm looking for console like the Gnome Terminal for Windows to replace cmd.exe. I'd like to have tabs and easy copy&paste. Do you know a tool like that?

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A terminal is not a shell. – Dennis Williamson Jan 12 '11 at 2:02
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And semi-transparent background! Just how can you hack without semi-transparent background?!?!/11 – Septagram Oct 26 '11 at 16:21
@DennisWilliamson I know the difference between a terminal and a shell, I still would like a terminal as simple and as powerful as gnome-terminal (or konsole) than can be plugged into many shells (like cmd or bash). Preferably not as clumsy as Console – Sambatyon Dec 12 '11 at 20:58
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Try Console and see if that fits your needs.

Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles

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Thank you. That looks like what I was searching for. – deamon Jan 12 '11 at 13:27
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What you are looking for is a terminal emulator. A good cross-platform emulator is Terminator.

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+1 Terminator is great – Nifle Jan 11 '11 at 17:20
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Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin and Cygwin derivatives such as MSYS. It can be downloaded from here or it can be installed through Cygwin's setup.exe program, where it can be found in the Shells category. The Cygwin installer creates a shortcut for mintty in the Windows start menu.

Features include:

  • Xterm-compatible terminal emulation.
  • Native Windows user interface with a simple options dialog.
  • Easy copy & paste.
  • Drag & drop of text, files and folders.
  • Ability to open files and URLs with Ctrl+click.
  • Comprehensive character encoding support, including UTF-8.
  • Wide character display and Windows IME support.
  • Window transparency, including glass effect on Vista and 7.
  • Options are stored in a text file. No registry entries.
  • Small program size and quick scrolling.
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Do I need to install Cygwin first? – deamon Jan 15 '11 at 9:31
Window transparency, but no tabs? :\ – Septagram Oct 26 '11 at 16:36
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