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| ==== Terminal Connectivity in Windows using Console ==== | ===== Terminal Connectivity in Windows using Console ===== |
| This HowTo documents how to integrate Geany with [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/|Console]] using [[http://www.autohotkey.com/|AutoHotKey]] in Windows. This is useful since the terminal emulation feature is absent in geany on windows. Console is a tabbed wrapper for terminal-like programs in windows, and can be used as a shell to run anything from cmd.exe, python, rterm, etc. to Midnight Commander. AutoHotKey is a scripting language and interpreter that specializes in process management and keyboard shortcuts.\\ | This HowTo documents how to integrate Geany with [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/|Console]] using [[http://www.autohotkey.com/|AutoHotKey]] in Windows. This is useful since the terminal emulation feature is absent in geany on windows. Console is a tabbed wrapper for terminal-like programs in windows, and can be used as a shell to run anything from cmd.exe, python, rterm, etc. to Midnight Commander. AutoHotKey is a scripting language and interpreter that specializes in process management and keyboard shortcuts.\\ |
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| ==== Setup ==== | ==== Setup ==== |
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| * Download and install Console 2.0 and AutoHotKey. | * Download and install Console 2.0 and AutoHotKey. |
| * Configure Console's tabs. To run shells other than cmd.exe, just go to Edit > Settings > Tabs. From here add another tab using Add and provide an appropriate function in the shell option. | * Configure Console's tabs. To run shells other than cmd.exe, just go to Edit > Settings > Tabs. From here add another tab using Add and provide an appropriate function in the shell option. |
| * Create the file AutoHotKey.ahk in your 'My Documents' folder. Alternatively, running AutoHotKey.exe will automatically generate this file. Just delete the contents. | * Create the file AutoHotKey.ahk in your 'My Documents' folder. Alternatively, running AutoHotKey.exe will automatically generate this file. Just delete the contents. |
| * Paste the following script into the file, replacing the path on line 5 with your path to Console, and the argument DefaultTab with the name of the tab you specified in Console: | * Paste the following script into the file, replacing the path on line 5 with your path to Console, and the argument DefaultTab with the name of the tab you specified in Console: |
| <code autohotkey> | <code autohotkey AutoHotKey.ahk> |
| TestConsole() | TestConsole() |
| { | { |
