Software:ConEmu

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Short description: Tabbed terminal emulator for Windows
ConEmu
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Developer(s)Zoin (2006–2008)
Maximus5 (2009–2017)
Initial releaseMarch 9, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-03-09)[1]
Written inC++[2]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Available inChinese, English, German, Japan, Russian, Spanish
TypeTerminal emulator
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Websiteconemu.github.io

ConEmu (short for Console emulator) is a free and open-source tabbed terminal emulator for Windows.[3][4] ConEmu presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with tabs and a status bar. It also provides emulation for ANSI escape codes for color, bypassing the capabilities of the standard Windows Console Host to provide 256 and 24-bit color[discuss] in Windows.

The program has a large range of customization, including custom color palettes for the standard 16 colors, hotkeys, transparency, an auto-hideable mode (similar to the way Quake originally displayed its developer console).

Initially, the program was created as a companion to Far Manager,[4] bringing some features common for graphical file managers to this console application (thumbnails and tiles, drag and drop with other windows,[5] true color interface, and others). As of 2012, ConEmu could be used with any other Win32 console application or simple GUI tool (such as Notepad, PuTTY or DOSBox).[4][5][6][7] ConEmu doesn't provide any shell itself, but rather allows using any other shell.[4] It does provide a limited macro language,[8] to control the hosted applications startup.

References

  1. Zoin (March 9, 2007). "ConEmu - эмулятор консоли" (in Russian). http://forum.farmanager.com/viewtopic.php?p=21200#p21200. 
  2. "The ConEmu - Console Emulator Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page". July 28, 2015. https://www.openhub.net/p/conemu-maximus5/analyses/latest/languages_summary. 
  3. Steen, Greg. "Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals". TechNet Magazine. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj649372.aspx#ctl00_MTContentSelector1_mainContentContainer_ctl02. Retrieved September 15, 2012. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Morefield, Bill (September 20, 2012). "An Even Better Command Line with ConEmu". AppStorm.net. http://windows.appstorm.net/reviews/utilities-reviews/an-even-better-command-line-with-conemu/. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Hanselman, Scott (June 11, 2012). "ConEmu - The Windows Terminal/Console/Prompt we've been waiting for?". http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ConEmuTheWindowsTerminalConsolePromptWeveBeenWaitingFor.aspx. Retrieved September 6, 2015. 
  6. Conn, Rex (April 8, 2012). "Windows Console Replacements, Part 6 – Take Command and ConEmu". http://jpsoft.com/blogs/2012/04/windows-console-replacements-part-6-take-command-and-conemu/. Retrieved September 6, 2015. 
  7. Williams, Mike (October 3, 2012). "Supercharge your Windows command line experience with ConEmu". SoftwareCrew.com. http://www.softwarecrew.com/2012/10/supercharge-your-windows-command-line-experience-with-conemu/. 
  8. @ConEmuMaximus5. "ConEmu | GuiMacro - Syntax, Functions, Examples". https://conemu.github.io/en/GuiMacro.html. Retrieved 2015-08-24. 

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