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If you use the command prompt on a regular basis then you may be getting bored with the dull looks and lack of cutomizing options. If this is the case with you then you might enjoy a program called Console. I use version 1.5 because version 2.0 uses a tabbed interface. Both are great versions but v1.5 is a little more to the point than v.2.0. Here is the readme file that comes with v1.5.

Console v1.5 Sep 2005
=====================
for Windows NT/2000/XP

Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marko Bozikovic

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

Send bug reports, bug fixes, enhancements, requests, flames, etc., and
I’ll try to keep a version up to date. I can be reached as follows:
bozho@kset.org

Console icon is Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by Ante Vukorepa (orcinus@kset.org)

1. Requirements
===============
WinNT 4.0 SP4 or later (it won’t work on Win9x/Me)
IE 4.0 (or later) installed.

2. File list
============

console.exe
FreeImage.dll
FreeImagePlus.dll
console.inf
console.xml
console_big.xml
console_small.xml
devel-changes.txt
Readme.txt
License.txt
Tab Completition.reg
FixedMedium*.fon
TerminalMedium14.fon

3. Installation
===============

Unzip Console.zip file somewhere

If you’d like to have “Console here” in the Explorer right-click menu for
drives and directories, install console.inf file (right-click on console.inf
and choose “Install”) Remember to do it in the Console directory!

4. Uninstall
============

If you have installed console.inf (see “Installation” section), run
“Add/Remove Programs” Control Panel applet and remove “Console Here
Extension”.

Delete all the files.

5. Overview
===========

Console is a Win console window enhancement. It was inspired by eConsole
(http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~corion), a great console-enhancement
program (unfortunately, it seems that it’s no longer being developed)

Console features include configurable font, color, size, background image and
transparency (on Win2000 and later)

Console is *not* a shell. It’s simply a nice-looking front end for a shell
of your choice (cmd.exe, 4NT, ksh, Cygwin bash, etc.)

6. Acknowledgements
===================

A big thanks to Ante Vukorepa for the program icon.
Also, big thanks to Alen Ladavac for help with painting optimizations.

Many thanks to code contributors:
- Francois Leblanc for mouse wheel messages patch
- Daniel Soto for adding multiple monitors support
- Dean Scarff for adding <inverse_shift> stuff
- Adam Hodson for adding flat scrollbar support
- Daniel Cheng for making Console window looking like a regular window when
<taskbar_button> is set to ‘tray’ or ‘hide’
- Rob Davenport for config reload prompt patch and initial comments in the
sample console.xml file

Thanks also goes to all the people using and testing Console, reporting bugs
and asking for new stuff

7. Included fonts
=================

The fonts included with Console are XFree86 ‘misc’ fonts converted to TTF. I
added them here, since Windows could use nicer console fonts. If you wish to
use them, simply install them as you would any other TTF font (go to Control
Panel -> Fonts and follow instructions

I guess these fonts are distributed under XFree86 licence, and if you think
I’m in violation of any licence terms by providing these fonts, please drop me
a line.

8. FreeImage library
====================

Console uses FreeImage library for background image loading and manipulations.
Console source distribution includes only FreeImage library, include and DLL
files. Complete source code for FreeImage can be obtained at:
http://freeimage.sourceforge.net

9. Configuration & usage
========================