I am working on Windows 7 with Source Tree. Because I don't like the default cmd.exe I want to change it to Console2 such that Source Tree will open Command2 instead of Cmd as terminal.
It appears you can't do it, at least in any obvious way. There are a couple of solutions/workarounds that you can use here:
Pick a different favorite terminal. ConEmu is a wrapper for CMD.exe that will act as your default terminal if you tell it to [I thought Console2 could do this as well]. Also - forgive the editorial - ConEmu is way, way, better than Console2.
You can add a custom action in the menu. From the global options go to Custom Actions tab and add an action to Open in Terminal using the console you want. This isn't quite as cool as just hitting the terminal icon, but you can easily accomplish the same outcome.
Unfortunately, these are the best there are for now.
Note: Based upon the link that #sendmoreinfo posted, waiting for Atlassian to add this by default may be better way to go for your purposes. Only problem with that may be is that according to some the newest updates to Source tree are terrible, so I haven't updated as of yet.
Note 2: Though this won't do what you want, there is an Option in the settings under the Git Tab that allows you to Set Git Bash as default prompt. That may or may not get you closer to where you want to be.
You may add Windows Terminal as Custom Action. You may run custom action in context of selected file. Define a new custom action as shown below.
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I just installed the ConEmu terminal, and I am having trouble configuring it to start with gitbash as my terminal instead of the windows CMD, and I would like it to start on ex: /c/Users/Kalin/Drive
I tried to randomly pass values to the settings since they are very hard to understand. I have no idea what {Shell::cmd} means in the "tasks" category (which I guess is the place to change the configs) but I have no idea. The whole thing looks like something from a commercial aircraft and I'm lost :)
You can try the following step-by-step instructions:
Open the settings menu.
Go to Startup -> Tasks in the left pane
Click the + at the bottom of the list of "Predefined tasks (command groups)"
In the big textbox, enter:
c:\path\to\gitbash.exe -new_console:d:/c/Users/Kalin/Drive
Save settings
The key thing to recognise is that this is the minimal config. To begin with, you will ignore all the options. When you want to do the next tweak, then look for it in the manual.
In the latest version, this configuration is more simplified. Just do as follows
Go to {Bash:Git bash} predefined task
In the big text area, keep your cursor to the end of the prepopulated text, so that it is right after -new_console:d: text
Below the big text area, you will see the following options
Add: Tab... | Startup dir... | File Path ... | Active tabs
Just pick your startup directory from Startup dir... option
Restart ConEmu and you will see the session starts with the startup directory you have configured.
NameGoesHere's answer worked for me. I just had to make one modification on the fourth step:
When you set your directory you need to use "new_console:d:c/Users/Kalin/Drive", whithout the bar after "new_console:d:".
Rather the simple way must be to add the path under Task Parameters as
/dir "C:\Dir\subDir....."
Hello all,
Can anyone tell me how to clear the 'Recent items' list in Preview application of Mac OS X through code? Is there a terminal command that can do this?
Or is there any way to click on 'Clear Menu' in 'Open Recent' of the 'File' menu in Preview?
Alternatively, does someone know where Preview stores this information and how do to remove it?
Check out this image to see what I mean.
Ok, so none of the described methods on the websites I could find actually succeeded in getting rid of all the 'recent document' lists in all of my apps.
I feel the most common sense approach would be (for OSX 10.12 / Sierra):
First go to system settings > general and choose "none" in the recent file dropdown menu (my OSX is in another language so the exact terms might be different, but you should be able to see what I mean). / This will get rid of most, but not all recent-items in different apps.
Get familiar with Apple's 'defaults' command in terminal. Now, hunt for any lists you might still want to get rid off, e.g. none of the options mentioned in the answers already listed here helped to get rid of the recent-items list in Finders "GO" menu. I played around with the defaults command and found that: "write com.apple.finder "FXRecentFolders" '({})' && killall Finder" does the trick for me. Playing around I found similar solutions for many of the other apps that where still able to maintain a list of recent items.
Create a shell script containing the commands you found during step 2.
Schedule the script to be run automatically on a preset interval or action (e.g. log out). AND/OR create an alias in your shell's profile (or directly apply the script as a function inside it) so you can call it with a single command from your terminal. (for instance: I have created an alias to it, so when I now type "killrecent" in terminal, it empties all the recent-items lists I've been able to find.
Hope this will be of some help to others. Good luck!
open Preview ->- go to File ->- Open Recent ->- Clear Menu
You may try the approach outlined here, which is to run
defaults delete com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
in the Terminal (manually or through your app). However I tried this and it didn't work for me (OSX 10.11), since the Preview defaults file doesn't contain this entry.
You can use
defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
which will hide all recently used items, but as soon as you set that number to anything greater than 0, they will show up again.
I also checked the ScriptingBridge Interface for Preview, but couldn't find anything useful. So unfortunately it looks like this is not possible.
with 10.11, there are at
~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.apple.preview.sfl
I'm having problems trying to set my Custom Shell in Github for windows to Console2.
It seems like no matter what I try it wants to ignore my setting and just launch in powershell.
Under Github for Windows I have the path for my custom shell set to where I have Console2 installed and the checkmark is next to Custom. (double and triple checked this for sanity)
I've tried restarting my computer multiple times, and even changing the setting to the other options (ie cmd and Git Bash).
In all 3 cases launching gitshell still launches Powershell instead.
I tried to search around here and google but haven't found anyone having a similar problem. Is there anywhere (ie registry or db file) where I could check to see how these values are set, and try to override it? Or if anyone else has experiences this problem and has a solution I would greatly appreciate it!
I'm having the same issue as well. As a workaround, choosing "Open in Git Shell" in the gear menu of the GUI client is opening Git Bash (my shell of choice) in the repo I'm in, but this only allows one terminal window and isn't a true solution.
I'm guessing a bug was introduced in one of the recent Windows client updates. I'm going to let them know about it at https://github.com/contact and I suggest others do the same if they also have this issue.
I was wondering if there was a way to use windows shortcuts in vim (in particular those used to select lines (with shift, alt, ctrl) ?
Maybe an option to set in the .vimrc ?
Thanks.
You can enable this via the following command in your ~/.vimrc:
source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim
See :help mswin.vim for a detailed explanation.
Alternatively, copy that script into ~/.vim/plugin/mswin.vim. This allows you to gradually comment out or tweak certain mappings. The downside of this plugin is that many Windows shortcuts conflict with Vim commands, so you're losing some features, and the completely different structure may prevent you from learning and using Vim effectively. Having started with a Windows background myself, this is how I proceeded. Now, I only use a few of those Windows mappings in Vim, and have customized several remaining ones so that they provide a true added value.
One of my programs seems to be changing the Display Properties > Appearance > Effects > Show window contents while dragging setting to off every few hours.
I'm not sure exactly which program, or when it happens. I have a number of programs that seem like likely culprits - wallpaper rotators, software for multiple monitors, multiple virual desktops and switching, and a few others.
I am just thinking to create a little batch script to run periodically and set the setting back to on.
Does anyone know how to do this in windows? I'm using xp pro sp3.
Thanks!
The best option is to do this programmatically using the supported API. i haven't tested this, but it should do the trick:
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETDRAGFULLWINDOWS,
TRUE,
NULL,
SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE)
You can use SPI_GETDRAGFULLWINDOWS to see if the the bit has been flipped to avoid unnecessarily triggering a WM_SETTINGCHANGE.
You can use RegMon to find the program that keeps changing your settings. Maybe that's a better start than hacking around it.
There is a simple and effective solution to this problem. In Notepad type the following lines :
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "DragFullWindows"="1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DragFullWindows] "CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 "UncheckedValue"=dword:00000001
Save the file as "Show Window Contents.reg" Double clicking this file and restarting will cure the problem permanently. Post a message if you find this useful.
Aravind Banerjee
It seems the registry setting which controls that preference is HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\DragFullWindows. You can read more about it here. However, trying it on my own computer does not register the change right away, so a batch script won't do it. You'll probably have to write a program to manipulate it using SystemParametersInfo(). You can pass it the SPI_SETDRAGFULLWINDOWS parameter. Here's a page explaining it more. Here's a page showing how to call it, albeit not for the same parameter.
I suspect it's kept in the registry - maybe [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] - "DragFullWindows"?
It would be easy to flip the registry setting back to "1" every hour or so with a batch file.