Console2+cmd+cygwin replace cmd.exe

Console2

http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/

Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles

Create new tabs

File -> New tab

Edit -> Setting -> Tabs

Add cmd tab

Title: cmd

Icon: <default>

Shell: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe

Add cygwin tab

Title: cygwin

Icon: C:\cygwin\Cygwin.ico

Shell: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login –i

Save settings to user directory

Customize setting

Console

Shell: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe

Appearance

Check:

Use tab titles

Show command

Show command in tabs

Trim tab titles to

Use tab icons

Behavior

Check:

         Copy on select

         Don’t wrap long lines

Clear selection on copy

Trim trailing spaces

Hotkeys

Paste: Ctrl+V

Mouse

Copy/clear selection: None

Select text: Left (uncheck shift)

Paste text: Middle

Add to Right click menu

Open cmd here

Add registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open cmd here\command

Default: C:\Program Files\Console2\Console.exe -t cmd "%1"\

Open cygwin here

Run cygwin setup.exe, install chere package.

Add registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open cygwin\command

C:\Program Files\Console2\Console.exe -t cygwin -r "/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe '%L'"

Add to Right click context menu 

Create a .reg file, copy and paste below lines and run the .reg file:

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open cmd here...]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open cmd here...\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Console2\\Console.exe\" -t cmd -r \"/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe '%L'\""

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open Cygwin here...]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open Cygwin Here...\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Console2\\Console.exe\" -t cygwin -r \"/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe '%L'\""