Questions tagged [conemu]

ConEmu is an advanced Windows console emulator with tabs, fonts, resizable windows, colors, ANSI X3.64 support, and much more.

ConEmu starts a console program in hidden console window and provides an alternative customizable GUI window with various features. Screenshots.

  • smooth and friendly window resizing;
  • tabs for editors, viewers, panels and consoles;
  • run simple GUI apps in tabs;
  • Windows 7 Jump lists and Progress on taskbar;
  • easy run old DOS applications (games) in Windows 7 or 64bit OS;
  • thumbnails and tiles in Far Manager;
  • normal, maximized and full screen window graphic modes;
  • window font anti-aliasing: standard, clear type, disabled;
  • window fonts: family, height, width, bold, italic, etc.;
  • using normal/bold/italic fonts for different parts of console simultaneously;
  • using 24bit colors in Far Manager 3.x;
  • ANSI X3.64 and Xterm 256 colors;
  • cursor: standard console (horisontal) or GUI (vertical);
  • optional settings (e.g. palette) for selected applications;
  • for BufferHeight mode: vertical scrolling using keyboard;
  • show full output (1K+ lines) of last command in editor/viewer;
  • customizable Far Manager right click behaviour (long click opens context menu);
  • drag and drop (explorer style) of files and folders in Far Manager;
  • BDF fonts limited support;
  • user friendly text and block selection;
  • transparency and desktop mode;
  • customizable starting tabs;
  • configurable and clickable status bar;
  • and more... take a look at Settings dialog, Whats New and Settings.reg

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How do I give each tab opened by a {Task} a custom name?

I have a ConEmu {Task} that opens several tabs, each to a different directory. The trouble is, these tabs all have the same name and are hard to tell apart. I know I can rename each tab by right-clicking it and selecting rename*, but is there a way…
Charles Roper
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how do I export ConEmu settings?

I'd like to export my ConEmu settings at work for use at home. I don't see any files in my AppData or Users folder that contain ConEmu settings. Is there a way to export them from within the program? I've looked and don't really see it.
jcollum
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Creating alias in Conemu

Is it possible to create alias for ConEmu? Also in linux, bash terminal have .bashrc file, what is similar to ConEmu? Thanks
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ConEmu how to change default colorscheme for consoles

After the most recent update, the ConEmu console color scheme changed to some strange dark blue background with gray text display. Is there an option to have the color scheme reflect the default color scheme for the console? (i.e. Git bash has a…
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ConEmu -- different color schemes for different tasks

I want to use different color schemes for different tasks in ConEmu, but I cannot figure out how. I see instructions on how to do this for different programs. However, when I check the override color palette check box, nothing happens, and the…
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How to close ConEmu's Tab without Confirmation?

I get a confirmation dialog when I close ConEmu's tab. Where can I configure that confirmation dialog only appears some process is still running? I checked Settings->Features->Tabs, but I couldn't find a option for it.
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Is there a way to get icons on the tabs in conemu?

Is there a way to get icons on the tabs in conemu? I would like the tab to have a PowerShell icon for my PowerShell tab for example. I have got it to work for the taskbar/jump list by specifying a task parameter, but I haven't figured out how to get…
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conemu: Change color scheme per shell?

conemu is pretty awesome, but is there a way to set a color profile for each individual shell? Like for powershell it uses one theme, for a cmd prompt it uses another, for putty another and so on.
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Is that possible to reorder tabs in ConEmu?

ConEmu is a great tool I discovered recently. I was just wondering if it's possible to reorder tabs in ConEmu?
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can I get ConEmu to "mark to copy"?

I installed ConEmu last week, thought I'd give it a try vs. Console2. After staring at various config options for 10 minutes I didn't see any way to get ConEmu to automatically copy text that I've selected to the clipboard. Console2 will do it. Is…
jcollum
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If I have multiple open tabs how do I merge them into single split tab?

I can split a single tab, but how do I gather several already open tabs (or windows) into a single split tab/window?
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ConEmu: Keyboard shortcut to run "cls[ENTER]"

In ConEmu, is it possible to create a Macro to type/paste "cls" then press [ENTER] and (ideally) assign it the keyboard shortcut [CTRL]+L ? I am trying to emulate the clear screen function of the Linux Shell but for the Windows Command…
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How to enable color options in ConEmu, similar to bash terminal?

In Linux bash terminal we can enable color. Is it possible to achieve the same for ConEmu?
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ConEmu: how do I delete items from the "Create new console" dropdown?

In ConEmu's "Create new console" menu, is there a way of deleting items from the list of previously run commands?
Charles Roper
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How do I delete ConEmu system hotkeys?

With ConEmu, by default there's a bunch of default shortcuts for "Activate console by number" (Win+1, Win+2, etc.). I use Win+ to switch to different apps on the taskbar, e.g. Win+3 is my browser. So I tried to delete those hotkeys, but I couldn't…
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