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by statico 3966 days ago
Related: If you find yourself in a Windows terminal a lot, check out Cmder (http://gooseberrycreative.com/cmder/). It's the only thing keeping me sane when using a Windows console.

Cmder is a little slow by default, but faster if you disable the git branch in the prompt. Other people I know use Clink (http://mridgers.github.io/clink/), the library the powers the readline-like portion of Cmder.
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realharo 3966 days ago
Regarding command line and Windows, I can't imagine myself working without Far Manager (http://farmanager.com/) in combination with ConEmu. I find that a file manager, a terminal and a simple file viewer/editor for quick edits are a very natural combination for a lot of software-related tasks. Much more efficient than both the usual unix cd/ls/cp/... tools and the GUI drag-and-drop based file managers.

Only problem is that Far's default configuration kinda sucks (LeftCtrl+4 is the first thing I do on a new install).

Another invaluable tool for Unix-y stuff on Windows is Rapid Environment Editor (http://www.rapidee.com/en/about), because the integrated editor for environment variables in Windows is just horrible.

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lkjasdoiuqwe 3966 days ago
Why not mention ConEmu, the best solution? https://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/
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code_sterling 3966 days ago
Because that's a very subjective answer. I've had a lot of issues with ComEmu. On several occasions, (I'm speculating that it's been after updates) it seems to completely forget all of my settings, and revert to defaults. It happened several times when I didn't have the time to track down the problem, so I've stopped using it.
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swinglock 3966 days ago
Cmder is just a shortcut to using ConEmu. It literally is ConEmu with a different set of default settings and some extras preinstalled.
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mercurial 3966 days ago
Never happened to me. However, it seems to mess up ncurses rendering (eg, tig is broken on my work laptop).
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gpvos 3966 days ago
Tried it, but it crashes on me all the time.
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tbyehl 3966 days ago
The Windows 10 console host fixes a bunch of the past deficiencies. Line-based selection, copy / paste hotkeys, windows are resizable the normal way. Now I just need to wait 10 years for all of the pre-Windows 10 servers to go away...
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baldfat 3966 days ago
I liked cmder But have you tried mobaxterm???? mobaxterm changed my Windows life!
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