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> The real kicker is that STILL many errors produce a window where I can't even fucking copy the output. Why that is still a feature, I have no idea. BTW a sta

> The real kicker is that STILL many errors produce a window where I can't even fucking copy the output. Why that is still a feature, I have no idea. BTW a standard way to do it is to just press Ctrl+C in such window without any text selection or context menu. Because such messages could be shown when system has no resources to create context menu or text selection, and that was very important in 16-bit days.

stuntkite 9y ago
I'm sure your right. The fact that they haven't updated that and I've been in *nix/OSX for 8 years now made my frustration point maybe lower than it should have been. Then the next thing I'm doing is trying to use cmd and powershell and my hair falls out. But this is great info and will definitely keep be from cursing quite as much next time I'm MS admining.
delinka 9y ago
Let me klingon to the thread with this: It's 2017 and I still can't use the keyboard to copy and paste from and to a Windows command line window...
- DanBC 9y ago
  Ctrl C and Ctrl V works in Windows 10 command prompt.
  - stuntkite 9y ago
    Also if you're not quite ready to kill yourself while using the windows command prompt. Enjoy a powershell.
    - rpeden 9y ago
      You'd probably enjoy Cmder[1]. Everything works really nicely, it supports multiple tabs, and you can download a version that includes most of the Unix commands you know and love. [1] http://cmder.net/ http://cmder.net/
      - majewsky 9y ago
        > you can download a version that includes most of the Unix commands you know and love Is it the actual Unix commands that I actually know and love, or just 25-year-old parodies like on macOS? (I've stopped keeping track of how often my bash scripts broke on macOS because I was giving some switch to a coreutil that was introduced less than 25 years ago.)
- krallja 9y ago
  Alt+Space E P
- hungerstrike 9y ago
  Yes you can. Try it out. Windows has better keyboard accessibility than any other desktop OS.

stuntkite 9y ago

I'm sure your right. The fact that they haven't updated that and I've been in *nix/OSX for 8 years now made my frustration point maybe lower than it should have been. Then the next thing I'm doing is trying to use cmd and powershell and my hair falls out. But this is great info and will definitely keep be from cursing quite as much next time I'm MS admining.

delinka 9y ago

Let me klingon to the thread with this: It's 2017 and I still can't use the keyboard to copy and paste from and to a Windows command line window...

DanBC 9y ago
Ctrl C and Ctrl V works in Windows 10 command prompt.
- stuntkite 9y ago
  Also if you're not quite ready to kill yourself while using the windows command prompt. Enjoy a powershell.
  - rpeden 9y ago
    You'd probably enjoy Cmder[1]. Everything works really nicely, it supports multiple tabs, and you can download a version that includes most of the Unix commands you know and love. [1] http://cmder.net/ http://cmder.net/
    - majewsky 9y ago
      > you can download a version that includes most of the Unix commands you know and love Is it the actual Unix commands that I actually know and love, or just 25-year-old parodies like on macOS? (I've stopped keeping track of how often my bash scripts broke on macOS because I was giving some switch to a coreutil that was introduced less than 25 years ago.)
krallja 9y ago
Alt+Space E P
hungerstrike 9y ago
Yes you can. Try it out. Windows has better keyboard accessibility than any other desktop OS.