Conemu: How do I make several console windows in one tab from task file?
This is your task contents. Checked in ConEmu build 120909.
>cmd -cur_console:n
cmd -cur_console:s1TVn
cmd -cur_console:s1THn
cmd -cur_console:s2THn
This is an example. Splitting in ConEmu may be as complex as you want, any configurations with any proportions are possible. Read project wiki for more information about -new_console and -cur_console switches.
To run all that without creating new Task
There is /cmdlist ConEmu.exe's switch.
Usage example for shortcut contents (on desktop, for example):
ConEmu -cmdlist cmd -cur_console:fn ||| cmd -cur_console:s1TVn ||| cmd -cur_console:s1THn ||| cmd -cur_console:s2THn
Need to run that from another cmd file? Here is consoles.cmd example:
start ConEmu -cmdlist cmd -cur_console:fn ^|^|^| cmd -cur_console:s1TVn ^|^|^| cmd -cur_console:s1THn ^|^|^| cmd -cur_console:s2THn
I came up with the following implementation. I use it for web development projects. Consoles for task runners (ex: gulp), git, javascript compilers (ex: typescript), etc. The goal was to open 4 console windows and change directory to the directory where I executed the *.cmd. I did not want to have multiple copies of the batch script incase I had to change it. I did not want the shell to be batch and I wanted the shell to be bash. I'm on windows, so, cygwin is needed for bash shell.
I created an arbitrarily named .cmd file. I called mine 4 consoles.cmd. Cygwin is installed (the 64bit version in my case). Also the Cygwin chere package is installed and required.
4 consoles.cmd content:
@echo off
for %%i in ("%~dp0..\..") DO (set dirVar=%%~ni)
for %%i in ("%~dp0.") DO (set dir2Var=%%~ni)
set finalValue=%dirVar% %dir2Var%
start C:\"Program Files"\ConEmu\ConEmu64.exe -cmdlist ^
C:\cygwin64\bin\bash -c "/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe" -cur_console:fna:t:"%finalValue%":C:"C:\cygwin64\Cygwin.ico" ^|^|^| ^
C:\cygwin64\bin\bash -c "/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe" -cur_console:s1TVna:t:"%finalValue%":C:"C:\cygwin64\Cygwin.ico" ^|^|^| ^
C:\cygwin64\bin\bash -c "/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe" -cur_console:s1THna:t:"%finalValue%":C:"C:\cygwin64\Cygwin.ico" ^|^|^| ^
C:\cygwin64\bin\bash -c "/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe" -cur_console:s2THna:t:"%finalValue%":C:"C:\cygwin64\Cygwin.ico"
I put 4 consoles.cmd in a File hosting service for backup purposes incase my hard drive crashes. Also for some convenience when sharing between development machines.
The batch script will change directory for all 4 console windows to the directory where the .cmd exists. So I created Hard Symbolic links in the directory where I want all 4 console windows to change directory into. The symbolic links point back to the canonical 4 consoles.cmd.
Run a symbolic link and the 4 console shells working directories will be the location which the symbolic link is on the file system
My gulp task runner code for anyone that is interested
package.json
{
"name": "MyApp",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "gulpfile.js",
"private": true,
"devDependencies": {
"del": "^1.2.0",
"gulp": "^3.9.0",
"gulp-batch": "^1.0.5",
"gulp-concat": "^2.5.2",
"gulp-imagemin": "^2.2.1",
"gulp-minify-css": "^1.1.6",
"gulp-ng-annotate": "^1.0.0",
"gulp-plumber": "^1.0.1",
"gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
"gulp-sourcemaps": "^1.5.2",
"gulp-uglify": "^1.2.0",
"gulp-watch": "^4.2.4",
"imagemin-pngquant": "^4.1.0"
},
"author": "Author",
"license": "ISC"
}
bower.json
{
"name": "MyProject",
"version": "1",
"license": "MIT",
"private": true,
"ignore": [
"**/.*",
"node_modules",
"bower_components"
],
"dependencies": {
"bootstrap": "~3.3.4",
"jquery": "~2.1.3",
"angular": "~1.4.0",
"angular-route": "~1.4.0",
"angular-animate": "~1.4.0",
"font-awesome": "~4.3.0",
"underscore": "~1.8.3",
"bootstrap-datepicker": "~1.4.0",
"angularjs-toaster": "~0.4.12",
"angular-scroll": "~0.7.0",
"moment": "~2.10.2",
"angular-loading-bar": "~0.7.1"
}
}
gulpfile.js
'use strict';
var gulp = require('gulp');
var batch = require('gulp-batch');
var sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
var minifycss = require('gulp-minify-css');
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
var rename = require('gulp-rename');
var concat = require('gulp-concat');
var del = require('del');
var plumber = require('gulp-plumber');
var watch = require('gulp-watch');
var imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin');
var pngquant = require('imagemin-pngquant');
var ngAnnotate = require('gulp-ng-annotate');
gulp.task('default', ['clean'], function () {
gulp.start('images', 'vendorCss', 'applicationCss', 'fontIcons', 'vendorJavascript', 'applicationJavascript');
});
gulp.task('clean', function (cb) {
del(['./dist/*'], cb);
});
gulp.task('images', function () {
return gulp.src([
'./content/img/**/*'
])
.pipe(imagemin({
optimizationLevel: 3,
progressive: true,
interlaced: true,
svgoPlugins: [{ removeViewBox: false }],
use: [pngquant()]
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/img'));
});
gulp.task('fontIcons', function () {
return gulp.src([
'./bower_components/bootstrap/dist/fonts/**.*',
'./bower_components/font-awesome/fonts/**.*'
])
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/fonts'));
});
gulp.task('vendorCss', function () {
return gulp.src([
'./bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css',
'./bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css',
'./bower_components/angularjs-toaster/toaster.css',
'./bower_components/bootstrap-datepicker/dist/css/bootstrap-datepicker3.css',
'./bower_components/angular-loading-bar/build/loading-bar.css'
])
.pipe(concat('vendor.css'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/css'))
.pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
.pipe(minifycss())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/css'));
});
gulp.task('vendorJavascript', function () {
return gulp.src([
'./bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
'./bower_components/angular/angular.js',
'./bower_components/angular-route/angular-route.js',
'./bower_components/angular-resource/angular-resource.js',
'./bower_components/angular-animate/angular-animate.js',
'./bower_components/angular-scroll/angular-scroll.js',
'./bower_components/angular-loading-bar/build/loading-bar.js',
'./bower_components/angularjs-toaster/toaster.js',
'./bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js',
'./bower_components/bootstrap-datepicker/dist/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js',
'./bower_components/underscore/underscore.js',
'./bower_components/moment/moment.js'
])
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(concat('vendor.js'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/script'))
.pipe(uglify())
.pipe(rename('vendor.min.js'))
.pipe(sourcemaps.write('.'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/script'));
});
gulp.task('applicationCss', function () {
return gulp.src([
'./content/css/site.css',
'./content/css/animation.css'
])
.pipe(plumber())
.pipe(concat('app.css'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/css'))
.pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
.pipe(minifycss())
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/css'));
});
gulp.task('applicationJavascript', function () {
return gulp.src([
'./angular/**/*.js'
])
.pipe(plumber())
.pipe(ngAnnotate())
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(concat('app.js'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/script'))
.pipe(uglify())
.pipe(rename('app.min.js'))
.pipe(sourcemaps.write('.'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/script'));
});
gulp.task('watchApplicationJavascript', ['applicationJavascript'], function () {
watch('./angular/**/*.js', batch(function (events, done) {
gulp.start('applicationJavascript', done);
}));
});
gulp.task('watchApplicationCss', ['applicationCss'], function () {
watch(['./content/css/site.css', './content/css/animation.css'], batch(function (events, done) {
gulp.start('applicationCss', done);
}));
});