Command console retro design, but with some extra features

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Command console retro design, but with some extra features

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Hi!

In windows 95 and others editions of windows, the command console include a toolbar, this feature enabled make some actions at press the buttons. This feature not exists in the current console and this is a problem, but requiere select the text and click with second button of mouse to lauch certain actions.
In have a laptop that not work second button of mouse (mouse pad in the laptop), i use one button from keyboard to simulate the second button of mouse, but this console feature not work. I think that is good idea add the toolbar of old console to reactos console to supply the problems that i talk, i attach a screenshot from the old console, thanks.
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Re: Command console retro design, but with some extra featur

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There is a much better open source console called console2. 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

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Perhaps this could be brought within ReactOS?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/
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Re: Command console retro design, but with some extra featur

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cool, It would good that the native console application implements some features from console 2, or that this will replace the console, I see it difficult.
But this application not work correctly in reactos yet :( https://jira.reactos.org/browse/CORE-9670
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Re: Command console retro design, but with some extra featur

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Console2 hasn't been updated in 2 years. ConsoleZ is actively maintained fork of Console2 - https://github.com/cbucher/console#consolez
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What license is ConsoleZ under? I wasn't able to find it.
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milon wrote:What license is ConsoleZ under? I wasn't able to find it.
I followed the link from:
DGMurdockIII » 03 Aug 2015 03:33
Console2 hasn't been updated in 2 years. ConsoleZ is actively maintained fork of Console2 - https://github.com/cbucher/console#consolez
and found this:

https://github.com/cbucher/console/blob ... ICENSE.txt
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Re: Command console retro design, but with some extra featur

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Console in either form would be a fitting addition to Reactos and would stand out as a significant improvement over 'real' windows.

I have a nice icon available for both...

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