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I have to work in vista for a while and I am searching for a console that will look much like ubuntu terminal. I want to be able to make the background transparent, change the font color, use keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste and I most of all I want to be able to select lines from the console session.

Searching I found two consoles that have pros and cons, but none of them gives the possibility to select input or output code lines.

The first one is Console2 but the bad thing is that it cannot be maximized;it only works in a small window. There is the possibility to adjust the size but it's not really handy.

The second console is Console Emulator but apart from the fact that I cannot select code lines, when I use a specific program(root from CERN that is) the font color changes from the custom to the default.

Is there a console in wondows that will do the following

  1. transparent background
  2. Change Font Color
  3. keyboard shortcuts
  4. select input or output code lines with mouse

Any suggestions are more than welcome!

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  • "...apart from the fact that I cannot select code lines, when I use a specific program(root from CERN that is) the font color changes from the custom to the default." What?
    – Maximus
    Dec 11, 2013 at 10:14
  • @Maximus: Which part don't you understand? It's crazy I know, but the default font color is white and I use green. When I use root(it's a console program, without GUI) the font color changes to white!
    – Thanos
    Dec 11, 2013 at 11:22
  • What does it do? ConEmu doesn't change font color "itself".
    – Maximus
    Dec 11, 2013 at 13:28
  • But it does! Check it out i.imgur.com/VREhBsC.png
    – Thanos
    Dec 11, 2013 at 15:21
  • From your screen I only can conclude that color is changed by "root" app. Without this app and without your ConEmu settings I can't help you. Why you have not reported this problem, hm?
    – Maximus
    Dec 11, 2013 at 18:30

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Try MINTTY. You can look for installation tutorials online. Once you have installed it, you can open the options dialog box by right clicking the top bar of the terminal.

The options provide all 4 feature as shown you are looking for. This is how my terminal looks like now.

SnapShot of Mintty

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I use and highly recommend cmder.

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