[Outdated] Console Portable 2.00.146b Development Test 2

when i click on your download-link i get the following page:

"500 - Your link has timed out or is invalid. Go back to the drop page and refresh your browser."

Something wrong with the download link?

I was waiting for someone to do this, I'll try it out.

I've been looking for something like this. Not sure I like the lack of window border but everything else looks nice. Curious why you called it console2 instead of just console?

Checked over the source:

console2portable.nsi

• On lines 168-169 you refer to config.xml. Shouldn't that be console.xml?
• Not sure what you're trying to do on line 181, but it doesn't look right. Why would Console2PortableSettings.ini ever be in $PROGRAMDIRECTORY? Also is line 180 leftover from notepad++?
• On 183 you're missing the plugin call to get the user type. Actually 183-186 doesn't appear to be necessary at all since for both user and guest you're doing the same thing...
• There's quite a few things wrong with UpdateLocations.. the way it's written it completely skips the part to replace the drive letter, and it doesn't account for the default drive letter on the first run.

Here's a snippet that should clean things up:

	SkipSplashScreen:
		;=== Check for data files
		IfFileExists "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\console.xml" UpdateLocations ;=== settings already in program directory
		IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\console.xml" MoveSettings ;=== settings found in data directory
		
		;=== Copy the default settings files
		StrCmp $DEFAULTLOCATION "true" "" UpdateLocations ;=== if not default location, user is on their own
		CreateDirectory "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY"
		CopyFiles /SILENT "$EXEDIR\App\DefaultData\settings\*.*" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\"
		
	MoveSettings:
		Rename "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\console.xml" "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\console.xml"
		
	UpdateLocations:
		;=== Update files for new location
		${GetRoot} $EXEDIR $0
		IfFileExists "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\Console2PortableSettings.ini" "" CreateSettingsIni
		ReadINIStr $1 "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\Console2PortableSettings.ini" "Console2PortableSettings" "LastDriveLetter"
		WriteINIStr "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\Console2PortableSettings.ini" "Console2PortableSettings" "LastDriveLetter" "$0"
		IfFileExists "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\console.xml" "" GetPassedParameters
			${ReplaceInFile} "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\console.xml" "$1\" "$0\"
			Delete "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY\console.xml.old"
			Goto GetPassedParameters
		
	CreateSettingsINI:
	    ;=== Create initial settings INI with default drive letter
		WriteINIStr "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\Console2PortableSettings.ini" "Console2PortableSettings" "LastDriveLetter" "c:"
		Goto UpdateLocations
		
	GetPassedParameters:

Make sure to delete the other nsexec line near the bottom too, that's a leftover from notepad++. Also you need to clean up the installer, it still has leftovers in the pre-install code.

Overall good first effort, just a few logic problems. It takes a bit to get used to how NSIS script works.

Looks pretty good, a few minor issues though.

• There is a thumbs.db file left in the appinfo directory
• In Other/source/readme.txt only the first directory structure is supported now
• In that same file, you should add your copyright

Can i view web pages and how

Hey Chad,

I see you have an account on drop.io there, but can I offer you hosting? You can get an FTP account or a web-based login and it'll be a direct link. Check out my user page to contact me if you're interested.

I like this. It seems really cool. I have the UnixUtils and some other items I would like to have in the PATH, is there anyway to add to the PATH with this?

I mean the %PATH% variable, so that I can add my UnixUtils bin directory, and my CommonFiles/CommandLine directory to the system Path. That way, I only have to type ls(.exe), instead of F:/PortableApps/CommonFiles/GnuWin32/bin/ls.exe to display current directory settings. (etc...) Does that make sense? I think it may have to do with the shell settings, but I don't know, and boogered up my home install playing with it.
*edit*
Sorry, this should have been replying to the above, I was not logged in when I hit reply.

question: why do you only have the beta version of Console and not the 1.5 stable version?

When i try to start console comes a window with information for missing library MSVCP71.dll.

And I have no idea why ...
In main folder of program there is one.
When i put MSVCP71.dll into system folder its starts normal.

Is this planning to be updated at some point? I personally use it and think its great.

I looked on source forge and have noticed that they have updated to 2.0.140

Else, I'd like to see this go official.

http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm

EDIT: I was replying to agdurrette.

Edit: Nvm.

Don't know if this is still being worked on, but an update has been out for awhile.

Hello,
i really like this tool and use it with an portable Windows Power shell. So at the moment i have to use an fixed path to the portable PoSh ("x:\portableapps\ConsolePortable\Data\scripts\Windows PowerShell V2 (CTP).exe"). So how can i use an indirect path. Because "Data\scripts\Windows PowerShell V2 (CTP).exe" dosent work. It Produce the the Error: "Failed to open Console2 tab! The Process could still running (use Task Manager to find and end it)"

I use this app off of a network drive. Campus university.

Create the following bat file, i.e. "cmd.cmd":


@echo off
ver

:end
del "%temp%\temp.bat"
pause


This should launch you into a command prompt where you can execute most commands, etc etc.

... would you please update your portable installer ?

Regards,

-Bertrand

(In the order I noticed them... you can see that I'm very random with my testing!)

Minor appinfo.ini Issues:
[Details]:Category should be "Utilities", as "System" is invalid.
[Version]:DisplayVersion should be "2.00.144 Development Test 1"

appicon.ico should be in 48, 32, 16 square XP and 256 colours forms, with an optional 256x256 alpha icon. You've got a 128x128 alpha one which technically shouldn't be there

The version number no longer belongs in the help.html file (John said to remove them in an obscure post a short time ago).

You should model your help.html file more after other applications... take as an example my Inkscape or Code::Blocks Portable apps (this includes putting in links to the generic help stuff on this site)

You should use ReadINIStrWithDefault for reading INI options, and follow the trend for making it simple and more indestructible by dropping out the ConsoleDirectory, SettingsDirectory, ScriptsDirectory and ConsoleExecutable entries.

I'll post more later.

Hi Chad,

If I use the command "echo %PATH%" in ConsolePortable, I only get the script folder in this variable instead of my local machine %PATH% with this additional folder. Is this the normal use case ? What should I do to get the expected behavior ?

If I remove the following lines in Consoleportable.nsi

ReadEnvStr $R0 "PATH"
StrCpy $R0 "$R0;$SCRIPTSDIRECTORY$CUSTOMENVPATH"
System::Call 'Kernel32::SetEnvironmentVariableA(t, t) i("PATH", R0).r2'


everything is working as expected. Unfortunately the script folder is not in the path anymore.

Thanks for your help,

Bertrand

I'm on XP Pro, and it doesn't run. I have no spaces in path, though it's not on boot drive. Process list shows only ConsolePortable.exe.
EDIT:
Reinstalled it and it works. Sorry.

I still wish this was official. I find it a much better alternative to the one PA.c has.

This may be a really stupid question, but i'd like to ask: If I want to set a path variable for the Portable console to a "portable" subversion program, what do I do to change the settings? And for reference, I just have to add the correct path of where the svn.exe is, right?

... would you please update your portable installer ? thanks

... would you please update your portable installer ? thanks

Is it possible to have the launcher pass a Console2 command line switch to the program executable?

I cannot find anywhere to add it in a .ini file.