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Where is the Apps key on a standard Microsoft keyboard?
In computing, the menu key or application key ≣ Menu
is a key found on Microsoft Windows-oriented computer keyboards,
introduced at the same time as the Windows logo key. Its symbol is usually a ...
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How can I change tab bar color in ConEmu
You can make the active tab more visually distinct by dynamically modifying its title.
Under Settings > General > Tab bar, you can set the Console setting to something like
%m< m%M(M%c%m >m%M)...
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Prevent mouse over to give focus in ConEmu
Under Settings, Keys & Macro, Mouse (or Controls, for older versions):
Uncheck Activate split/pane on mouse hover
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Set the text size (font size) in the ConEmu PowerShell window?
ConEmu > Settings > Main contains font settings. We have to click right on Main rather than one of its children.
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Why is VIM starting in replace mode?
Seems to be an issue with utf-8 ambiguous characters and Windows cmd console. Flag t_u7 is set by default and so vim will request cursor position and get a bad reply from the ssh client.
Workaround: ...
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ConEmu: How to attach PuTTY
I had the same issue, as I installed PUTTY by chocolatey.
In this case, if you call PUTTY, it will run the shim from the chocolatey\bin folder, and not the real exe.
As I put the whole path into the ...
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ConEmu's startup option
Looks like there is no built-in option for ConEmu autostart. But there is an easy workaround - add it to autostart manually:
Win+R -> open Run menu
Type shell:startup, press Enter
Create shortcut to ...
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ConEmu / Cmder - Drag Tab into New Window
This can be achieved by "Active Console -> Close or kill -> Unfasten" menu item (worked for me in 151115 alpha). Drag-n-drop feature is requested here: https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu/issues/346
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ConEmu: How to call msys2 as tab?
What to do is actually pretty simple, once you peel all the layers away. This works well as an invocation (make sure to modify it to your specific MSYS2 install location):
set CHERE_INVOKING=1 & ...
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ConEmu: How to call msys2 as tab?
I also had problems getting MSYS2, MinGW32 and MinGW64 shells (v2016-12-07) to work in ConEmu v161206.
The only (half-portable) working solution I've found is the following.
Create a new task with ...
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Getting CTRL+V to work in Vim inside Conemu
For future Googlers, unbinding Ctrl + V in Settings->Keys & Macro allows Vim to handle it. You can use right-click to paste instead.
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ConEmu -- different color schemes for different tasks
All in the docs.
Just add -new_console:P:"yourpalettename" to your shell command line in the Task
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Where is the Apps key on a standard Microsoft keyboard?
It's another name for the Menu Key. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key)
It typically has a picture of a right-click menu on it.
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cmder: make a new tab open in the directory of the already-open tab
As explained by @Maximus here and also in another question, a nice way to do this is to bind
Shell("new_console:I")
to a GuiMacro hotkey.
In cmder/ConEmu, go to Settings|Keys&Macro. ...
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How to prevent terminal colours dim / change when ConEmu loses focus?
You should disable the Fade when inactive option on Features -> Colors tab of the Settings.
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Why is VIM starting in replace mode?
I have just identified that the issue only occurs when connecting to the remote system using the native OpenSSH client released with Windows 10 1709 using the ConEmu terminal emulator. If I use the ...
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ConEmu: disable bell
A simple solution is to go to the Volume Mixer and set the volume for "Console Window Host" to 0. This will prevent any console from making any sounds at all. But in practice the only sound it makes ...
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How should I install Far Manager into Cmder?
Actually, doesn't matter where you've installed Far Manager. The only significant condition - Far must load ConEmu plugin.
Update ConEmu to the latest build.
Install Far using msi package, goto ...
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How to create an alias for multiple commands in ConEmu?
Command separator in ConEmu for me (on Windows) is:
$t
So your example would be:
alias glb=git remote update origin --prune $t git branch -a
NOTE: Be sure to restart your conemu window or open a ...
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Docker on Conemu
In the task parameters:
/dir "C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox"
Commands:
"%ConEmuDrive%\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i -new_console:C:"C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\docker-...
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Set the text size (font size) in the ConEmu PowerShell window?
Another easy way to change the font size, especially temporarily for a presentation, is to hold the CTRL key and then move the mouse wheel. The size will increase and decrease as you move the wheel ...
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Open A New Tab In ConEmu, in the same Directory (git bash)
ConEmu's docs clearly state what user shall to configure.
For bash user has to add to bash profile
PROMPT_COMMAND='ConEmuC -StoreCWD'
And set up a call of Shell function in the Keys&Macros. ...
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How can I get output logged from ConEmu?
Logs are not enabled by default.
This setting is relatively difficult to locate. Here's how to find it:
Go to Settings,
(Click the button for it or type Win+Alt+P)
Features > In-console options (...
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ConEmu: disable bell
The bell-style option is already in .inputrc, but commented out.
Unfortunately uncommenting it doesn't resole the issue for me.
The only resolution that works in my case is setting no sound for ...
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How to change the vertical position of the ConEmu window
I think you have activated the "Quake style" setting. I did the same thing when I first started using ConEmu.
Open the settings window. (One way is to right click in the blank space to the right of ...
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ConEmu: Save split screen configuration
You can add a new task, and click "Active Tabs" below the configuration box.
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ConEmu switch between tabs with PuTTY tab open
I found a way for this to work with Ctl+Tab.
Turns out I had Settings > Integration > Children GUI > 'Focus on child windows' checked. When I unchecked this option, I can now Ctl+Tab and Ctl+...
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ConEmu -- different color schemes for different tasks
I've set mine so that different shells have different color theme/scheme, so that I can easily tell whether I'm in PowerShell or Bash or CMD.
Go to ConEmu's "settings".
Click on Tasks
Select the ...
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Docker on Conemu
The posted answer didn't work for me (using Docker Toolbox 1.10.3). I chose to install Docker Bash shell during install (basically everything the installer offers).
Here's what worked for me (note ...
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