For example, I would like to add completion to adb so that when I hit Tab after adb I can see sub-commands like shell and install. In Bash or Zsh the completion is always in separate file, so this is not an issue. How do I do similar thing in PowerShell (if ever possible)?
Use TabExpansion++.
There is precedent for using a script to generate completers for native commands (see here).
(The comment about PowerShell using Intellisense is incorrect.)
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I'd find it convenient to be able to quickly recall past commands issued in the terminal. In Matlab one can simply select any number of those from the Command HIstory panel, and reissue them in the Terminal all at once:
In VS Code (on Windows), I know there is a command to pull up the log text file:
(Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath
But I find this extremely cumbersome as a solution to call up multiple lines at a time. Is there an VS Code addon that creates a Matlab-like Command History panel with timestamped commands (didn't find any searching myself)? Or is such feedback taken into consideration by Microsoft?
See v1.70 release notes:
Triggering the Terminal: Run Recent Command... will bring up a QuickPick panel of recent terminal commands in which you can search, fuzzy or not, through the recent commands.
There are some examples of commands for going to the next item in the list, for example.
See the supported shells and OS's mentioned below. I believe it is still accurate. Git Bash on Windows doesn't work with this new recent command functionality, but powershell does. Support for MacOS and linux is stronger: bash, powershell and zsh.
And see v1.69 release notes: run recent command:
Some other functionality of the command:
In the current session section, there is a clipboard icon in the right
of the Quick Pick that will open the command output in an editor. Alt
can be held to write the text to the terminal without running it. The
amount of history stored in the previous session section is determined
by the terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.history setting.
There is currently no keybinding assigned by default but it can be
hooked up to Ctrl+Space for example with the
following keybinding:
{
"key": "ctrl+space", // whatever keybinding you want
"command": "workbench.action.terminal.runRecentCommand",
"when": "terminalFocus"
}
This might help (coming to v1.64):
Terminal shell integration
The terminal now features experimental opt-in shell integration which
allows VS Code to gain insights on what is going on within the
terminal as it was previously a black box. When enabled using
"terminal.integrated.enableShellIntegration": true, arguments to run
a shell integration script will be injected into your terminal profile
if possible. The script itself mostly just injects invisible sequences
into your prompt, providing us with information like where the prompt,
command and command output is, what the current working directory
(cwd) is for each command and the exit code of each command.
Shell integration enables the following new features:
Run recent command: Since we know what commands are run, we have
exposed a command that allows you to view and run them again in a
quick pick.
Developer: Run Recent Command run this command from the Command Palette
The current shells supported are pwsh for Windows and pwsh, bash and
zsh for Linux and macOS.
from release notes: terminal shell integration
Although I switched to powerShell on W11 to test this feature - which should be supported - I can't get it to work just now. I wanted to see if you could pick multiple command entries in the QuickPick to run a series of them, but I doubt you can. But at least you get a nice list of recent commands.
Ctrl+S and Ctrl+Q can be used to pause/resume output in bash shell.
But in fish shell, it does not work.
Are there any replacement?
This is intentional. Fish disables terminal flow control because the original developers concluded the feature causes too many problems for inexperienced CLI users especially those used to emacs where [ctrl-s] is normally bound to the incremental search function and thus might type it at a shell prompt.
On the upside, the same functionality can be added to your fish shell with a function and a key-binding.
See the following plugins, for example:
https://github.com/oh-my-fish/plugin-sudope
https://github.com/oh-my-fish/plugin-bang-bang (implements the !! variant)
I just installed vim. It's awesome. From PowerShell, I want to be able to launch it both via typing vim and by typing vim someFile.txt.
I can already open vim through the run dialog. Further, it's already in my system PATH. What must I do to launch it from PowerShell?
If it's already in the path, it should work.
But you can, alternatively, use an alias via New-Alias. If you add that to your profile, it will load every time.
To see how the run box behaves differently from powershell, and how you might get around that, see my answer here:
Run a program by name from PowerShell (similarly to the run box)
Is it possible to create a macro in Notepad++ that is able to utilize the "Run" command so that I may call an external .exe to operate on the file specified? I am able to do it manually, but when I create a macro that includes the run (F5) and give it a specified command it fails to execute. Is this because the run command isn't supported when creating macros? If so, is there a work-around method?
Thanks
edit: to add context -- I've written a couple ruby scripts to facilitate data-entry that's done using notepad++, and would like to integrate them to the editor. Having them run by a shortcut method created by recording a macro seems to be the best way to do this, unless it's not possible to utilize the run command.
FWIW The Zeus and Zeus Lite editors can do this.
You can do it with the NppExec plugin (available in the Notepad++ wiki ). It allows you to create mini-scripts with keywords that perform commands.
You will also be able to add your script in the contextual (right-click) menu, or assign a shortcut to it.
I personaly uses it to saves a sql file, place myself in the current directory, and then executes isql.exe (external executable) on that file. That simple script transforms my Notepad++ into a rather handy SQL IDE.
I don't think you do it using only Notepad++.
Please see this thread:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/forums/forum/331754/topic/4805532
If I understood you correctly, you have it all set up but are having issues with running it through Notepad++'s run command?
If so, try what I mentioned here.
I had similar issues with running php compiler and resolved it with the "cmd /c" added like in that mentioned example. And a "& pause" at the end, just so I see what goes on.
I'm making an eclipse plugin where I want to run a system command, and have the output of the command go to the eclipse console. I know how to do this via http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_write_to_the_console_from_a_plug-in%3F
The problem I don't know how to solve, is to allow interactive input from the console for this command.
In essence, I want to kick off a command which runs in the console. The user can interact with this command (via stdin). I then want my plugin code to get a callback when the command has finished (or user has manually stopped/terminated the command in the console). Getting the return code of the completed program would be nice as well.
For simplicity sake, lets use the unix 'passwd' command as the example (this is the first common cmd I could think of that both has output and prompts for input). I don't need to hide the stdin however.
For reference, the command I'm trying to call is the CakePHP bake shell.
I assume that you got yourself a MessageConsole, like in the FAQ. Then it should be possible to use messageConsole.getInputStream().read() in a loop to get your input (but I have not tested this). See also the documentation of the IOConsoleInputStream for more options.
On the other hand I'm not sure why you are creating your own plugin to do that. The standard console implementation in Eclipse does exactly what you want. You can see that by running a small Java application, where you can use that console for input and output as well.