Well, there's one nice thing about W10
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Ctrl+V works on a console window! Finally. How many freaking version of Windows did we have to go through for that to happen? (Maybe it worked on W8 too, but I skipped that abortion.) Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
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Ctrl+V works on a console window! Finally. How many freaking version of Windows did we have to go through for that to happen? (Maybe it worked on W8 too, but I skipped that abortion.) Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
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Ctrl+V works on a console window! Finally. How many freaking version of Windows did we have to go through for that to happen? (Maybe it worked on W8 too, but I skipped that abortion.) Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
In every version of Windows going back to XP (don't know about prior versions) you can move the mouse cursor over the DOS window with text in the clipboard, right-click and select Paste and it inserts the text at the current command line cursor position. I do admit though that I too wondered why a simple ctrl-v didn't work.
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Maybe it worked on W8 too
Nope - new in Windows 10, and it's not the only improvement to the command prompt: Command Prompt improvements in Windows 10 | Windows10download.com - Windows 10 blog[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Well, at this rate, by the time we get to Windows 20 (I expect some more skipped versions) they'll have finally brought the system up to the level of DOS. Not too shabby. Well, actually, yes, it is.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Well, at this rate, by the time we get to Windows 20 (I expect some more skipped versions) they'll have finally brought the system up to the level of DOS. Not too shabby. Well, actually, yes, it is.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
What, DOS with it's wonderful clipboard support? :rolleyes:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Maybe it worked on W8 too
Nope - new in Windows 10, and it's not the only improvement to the command prompt: Command Prompt improvements in Windows 10 | Windows10download.com - Windows 10 blog[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Does that author not know about "QuickEdit Mode" and copy/paste simply with the right-click? :confused: Why does he go through such convoluted convulsions? :omg: I've never heard of anyone doing that.
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Does that author not know about "QuickEdit Mode" and copy/paste simply with the right-click? :confused: Why does he go through such convoluted convulsions? :omg: I've never heard of anyone doing that.
:) You still had to remove the extra line-breaks and spacing, though. The Ctrl+C support is much nicer.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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:) You still had to remove the extra line-breaks and spacing, though. The Ctrl+C support is much nicer.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Not always; pretty infrequently actually in my experience. Granted I have my window set full size with 270 characters across. And why use the mouse to select and then switch to keys to copy/paste? Of course, I remember having to use only keys for select/copy/paste on a VT420 (if I recall correctly) -- no mouse. That was still an improvement over earlier termini though.
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What, DOS with it's wonderful clipboard support? :rolleyes:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Don't forget the "brick wall" learning curve, and sooooooo helpful manual!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well, at this rate, by the time we get to Windows 20 (I expect some more skipped versions) they'll have finally brought the system up to the level of DOS. Not too shabby. Well, actually, yes, it is.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Ctrl+V works on a console window! Finally. How many freaking version of Windows did we have to go through for that to happen? (Maybe it worked on W8 too, but I skipped that abortion.) Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
Also ctrl-Enter is back for entering full screen (gone since XP).
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Ctrl+V works on a console window! Finally. How many freaking version of Windows did we have to go through for that to happen? (Maybe it worked on W8 too, but I skipped that abortion.) Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
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In every version of Windows going back to XP (don't know about prior versions) you can move the mouse cursor over the DOS window with text in the clipboard, right-click and select Paste and it inserts the text at the current command line cursor position. I do admit though that I too wondered why a simple ctrl-v didn't work.
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
MikeTheFid wrote:
you can move the mouse cursor over the DOS window
Yeah, which requires moving the mouse, right-clicking, and selecting paste, when a "don't take your hands off the keyboard, Ctrl+V" is so much easier. ;) Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
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Ctrl+V works on a console window! Finally. How many freaking version of Windows did we have to go through for that to happen? (Maybe it worked on W8 too, but I skipped that abortion.) Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
...well, it's actually two: Don't forget about the improved editor for environment variables (System properties > Advanced > Environment Variables) for things like PATH: It's no longer just an endless string and "oh, I forgot a semicolon there..." :) PS: I'm not sure if this was in the initial release (10240), but it sure is in 10586.
