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ConEmu is an advanced console window where you can run any shell of your choice. However, some of these features have been placed in the <a href="/en/RoadMap.html">RoadMap</a>. You may also try <a href="/en/ConEmuClink.html">Clink</a> for bash-style completion in cmd.exe and <a href="http://github.com/lzybkr/PSReadLine">PSReadLine</a> or <a href="http://powertab.codeplex.com/">PowerTab</a> in powershell.exe. </p> <p>Or even choose bash or any other unix-like shell from <a href="https://www.cygwin.com/" rel="nofollow">cygwin</a>, <a href="https://gitforwindows.org/" rel="nofollow">git-for-windows</a>, <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/" rel="nofollow">msys2</a>, <a href="http://www.mingw.org/" rel="nofollow">mingw</a> and others. </p> <h2 id="Links"> Documentation and links </h2> <p> <ul><li><a href="/en/TableOfContents.html">Table of contents</a></li> <li><a href="/en/Whats_New.html">What's new</a></li> <li><a href="/en/ConEmuFAQ.html">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/en/Screenshots.html">Screenshots</a></li> <li><a href="/en/Screencasts.html">Video</a></li> <li><a href="/en/Reviews.html">Reviews</a></li> </ul> </p> <h2 id="Description"> Description </h2> <p>ConEmu starts a console program in a <a href="/en/RealConsole.html">hidden console window</a>, and provides an alternative customizable GUI window with various features: </p> <p> <ul><li>smooth and friendly window resizing; </li> <li>tabs for editors, viewers, panels and consoles; </li> <li>run simple <a href="/en/ChildGui.html">GUI apps</a> like PuTTY in tabs; </li> <li>Windows 7 <a href="/en/Windows7Taskbar.html#Customizable_Jump_list">Jump Lists</a> and <a href="/en/Progress.html">Progress</a> on Taskbar buttons; </li> <li>easily run old <a href="/en/DosBox.html">DOS applications</a> (games) in Windows 7 or 64-bit OS; </li> <li>thumbnails and tiles in Far Manager; </li> <li>normal, maximized and full screen graphical window modes; </li> <li>window font anti-aliasing: standard, ClearType, disabled; </li> <li>window fonts: family, height, width, bold, italic, etc.; </li> <li>Chinese versions of Windows supported; </li> <li>using <a href="http://github.com/Maximus5/conemu-old-issues/issues/153" rel="nofollow">normal/bold/italic</a> fonts for different parts of the console simultaneously; </li> <li>using 24-bit colors in Far Manager 3.x; </li> <li><a href="/en/AnsiEscapeCodes.html">ANSI X3.64 and Xterm 256 colors</a>; </li> <li>cursor: standard console (horizontal) or GUI (vertical); </li> <li>optional per-application settings (e.g. palette); </li> <li>vertical console buffer scrolling using the keyboard (BufferHeight mode); </li> <li>show full output (1K+ lines) of last command in Far Manager's editor/viewer; </li> <li>customizable Far Manager right click behaviour (long click opens context menu); </li> <li>drag and drop (explorer style) of files and folders in Far Manager; </li> <li>limited support of BDF fonts; </li> <li>user friendly text and block selection; </li> <li>transparency and desktop mode; </li> <li>customizable starting tabs; </li> <li>configurable and clickable status bar; </li> <li>and more, and more... take a look at <a href="/en/TableOfContents.html">Documentation</a>, <a href="/en/Settings.html">Settings pages</a> and <a href="/en/Whats_New.html">What's New</a>. </li> </ul> </p> <p>All settings are read from the registry or <a href="/en/Settings.html#ConEmu_.xml">ConEmu.xml</a> file (multiple named configurations are supported), after which the command line parameters are applied. Parameters /Config and /BufferHeight can only be specified on the command line. Most settings are configured using the Settings dialog, not from the command line. </p> <h2 id="Requirements"> Requirements </h2> <ul> <li>Windows XP or later for 32-bit. </li> <li>Windows Vista or later for 64-bit. </li> </ul> <h2 id="Installation"> Installation </h2> <p>In general, ConEmu installation is easy. 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