I'm adopting your prompt, with a slight modification - I like my cursor after the sharp on a separate line - having to begin my typing so far into the screen, after the prompt, annoys me, as does the extra CR/LF in the prompt. And, I changed the format of the first line a bit.
Thus: prompt [%userdomain%\%username% on %computername%]$_$D$S$T$_$P$_# Nice... Thanks! On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Free, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, a man after my own heart, my explorations came up with different > registry paths, I will have to check out yours, it's slightly different > approach but essentially the same result.. > I love the Autorun...never seen that used in this context before.. I can > ditch my little cmd file I set my prompt with.[1] Thanks! > > The other benefit I find, in addition to those you mentioned, is in > logging and documenting things, especially when jumping around > troubleshooting or doing things like schema extensions. I bump the > buffer up to some huge value, even in some scripts leave everything > echoed to the screen, edit, select all and you have a log for change > management, permanent logs, notifications and/or future reference. > > [1] I use %computername%\%userdomain%\%username%$_$D$S$T$_$_$M$P$G right > now but it's infinitely flexible and fun to play with. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:09 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: batch route add > > For those who RTFM, or do some exploring on their own, it's probably > better to: > > Select the cmd window > ALT+CTRL+Space to drop down the options window, or click on the > upper-left corner of the cmd box > Select Properties > Under the options tab mark at least Quick Edit Mode and Edit Mode - I > also like to check Discard Old Duplicates the the Large cursor size > Under layout, put 5000 (or more) in the Screen Buffer Size Height > field - the others will depend on your preferences and screen > resolution > > Then make the following registry changes (first line optional, but I > like this prompt) which will give you tab completion, among other > things: > > ----------Start Reg Entry file---------- > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor] > "AutoRun"="prompt [%computername%]$S$T$S$D$S$P$S$M$G$+$_#" > "CompletionChar"=dword:00000009 > "DefaultColor"=dword:00000000 > "EnableExtensions"=dword:00000001 > "PathCompletionChar"=dword:00000009 > > ----------End Reg Entry File---------- > > you will have a command prompt that looks like this (note that the > cursor follows the '#', and is two lines long): > > [KBUFF2003] 11:09:12.80 2007-07-23 C:\ } > # > > Note that the date/time formats will vary depending on what your > Regional settings are, as set in the Control Panel. I strongly suggest > setting your time format to HH:mm:ss and your date format to > YYYY-MM-DD. This will produce output and displays that sort better and > are less ambiguous, and ultimately more readable, once you get used to > them. > > Kurt > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Salvador Manzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For those following along at home >> Right click in CMD window >> MARK >> (select area) >> PASTE resulting text. >> >> Alternately >> CMD command > somefile.txt >> >> >> (yes, I'm a Luddite who prefers plain text emails whenever possible) >> >> >> On 6/27/08 12:16 PM, "Bob Free" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>> In future, perhaps you could embed a standard JPG instead >>> >>> ./rant on >>> >>> Are you serious? How about learn how to use the clipboard to freaking > copy the >>> text from a cmd prompt instead of sending a picture. Major pet peeve > of mine. >>> >>> Sorry to be harsh but that's about as lame as it gets, only thing > worse >>> sending a graphic of a cmd window is sending the entire desktop > ...oops, >>> that's what just happened. >>> >>> Besides that, I have gotten screenshots of the desktop, in freaking > multi-MB >>> bitmaps no less from ppl trying to send me a single event from event > viewer. I >>> tell them they need to learn to use the clipboard before I will help > them..or >>> find a new line of work. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:54 AM >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> Cc: NT System Admin Issues >>> Subject: RE: batch route add >>> >>> >>> >>> "Ara Avvali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/26/2008 02:58:00 PM: >>> >>>> Screen shot attachted >>>> >>>> [image removed] >>> >>> For anyone interested, Lotus Notes has no intrinsic view for .PNG > graphics >>> such as this. 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