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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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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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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: 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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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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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
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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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: Save split screen configuration
You can add a new task, and click "Active Tabs" below the configuration box.
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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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ConEmu's startup option
Piggybacking off The Godfather's solution which is correct, I would also add a -min to the end of the shortcut path you make or else ConEmu pops up randomly on startup interrupting you.
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How to make byobu work on Windows, using "Bash for Windows", on the Cmder (ConEmu) terminal?
The F-key controls in Byobu under Ubuntu on Windows just recently started working for me, with the latest update to the Developer Channel of Windows 10 on the Fast Ring.
Full disclosure: I'm the ...
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I want to type a tilde in bash, but pressing F10 gives me '1~' instead of just '~'
None of those keys are tilde keys. They all generate a multiple character sequence, such as ESC [24~ for the F12 key, or ESC [15~ for the F5 key (although F1–F4 are slightly different), or even ESC [5~...
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Cmder quake hotkey not working
You are getting this because, Cmder and Ditto (or any other application) are using the same shortcut key.
Following steps fixed this issue in my case.
Start Cmder.
Win + Alt + P
Go to the search ...
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ConEmu - Windows Explorer: Make "Con Emu Here" open in existing ConEmu Window
Looking at the documentation:
Want to run shell in the existing window instead of creating new one? Use /single switch with following /cmd
So I entered the following text, and pressed Register, ...
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Don't refresh PATH user environment variable values in ConEmu without Windows reboot
For me its OK just if I close all conemu.exe or conemu64.exe (or even conhost.exe or cmd.exe if any, but they shouldn't affect ConEmu) processes and then just start ConEmu, take a look:
But note one ...
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Git Bash Here in ConEmu
I installed git using chocolatey and had the issue that git bash was not shown
I just had to click on "Add default tasks..." in Startup/Tasks to get {Bash::Git bash}
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Docker on Conemu
Install docker before installing conEmu that is configured automatic.
Task Parameters:
/dir "%DOCKER_TOOLBOX_INSTALL_PATH%" /icon "%DOCKER_TOOLBOX_INSTALL_PATH%\docker.exe"
Start console:
"%...
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Cmder Here always opens in default directory
This answer is inspired by kjeske's response in here:
Go to Cmder settings, Startup --> Tasks, and select {cmd:Cmder} as shown below:
Make sure the new_console parameter is set to %__CD__%.
Do the ...
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DOSBox ConEmu integration
DosBox is not a "console". It creates an external GUI window with fixed size. There is no sense to embed this fixed sized ChildGui because the behavior would be unexpected on ConEmu resize.
DosBox ...
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How to specify startup directory for WSL (Ubuntu) in ConEmu in Windows 10
Short Answer
Set up a ConEmu task with either:
%windir%\system32\wsl.exe -cur_console:pm:/mnt --cd \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\MyUser\MyProjectFolder
-new_console:d:\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\MyUser\MyProjectFolder %...
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Start SSH in ConEmu
This is the most seemless way to get an SSH task up and running through ConEmu. Requires a bit more configuration, but it's worth it in the end.
Generate an ssh-key
Steps from excellent answer here: ...
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Automatically export history at end of powershell session
Another way to do it, just in case it's helpful for anyone.
Powershell now stores command history automatically in the file "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadline\...
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ConEmu: How to attach PuTTY
What worked for me is the full path inside quotes
"C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe" -load "your_session_Name"
Any thing else opened putty in a seperate window.
ConEmu version: 160724 32 bit....
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How to fix the Unknown Command error caused by starting CmdInit.cmd using TCC/LE?
The Unknown Command Error
That error is related to this line of the ConEmu cmdInit.cmd:
cmd /d /c ver | "%windir%\system32\find.exe" "Windows"
TCC/LE is mangling the command, and ...
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Remove or change tab's console icon in ConEmu
I found the solution, it was so simple!
In the Settings window and under Startup -> Tasks select the task which you wish to change its icon, then in right side, in Task parameters textbox set your ...
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ConEmu: How to attach PuTTY
The solution is, open the Task section, add a new task:
Give a name: for example PuTTY SSH 192.168.1.X
Leave empty the textfield (the second)
In the textarea (in the bottom) add one of the following ...
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