After all these years, and all these fancy GUIs, I still spend much of my time at the command prompt.
While COMMAND.COM and CMD.EXE are the standards in Windows, I’ve used 4DOS and 4NT (http://www.jpsoft.com) continuously since 1989 (has it really been almost 20 years???). 4NT always the first thing that goes on any new computer I get.
Now Microsoft has finally built a real, professional shell called PowerShell! I couldn’t be happier with that. They also are clearly committed to it.
So now I’ve got three shells I work with on a daily basis: 4NT, CMD, and PowerShell. Makes for a cluttered desktop and there is only so much desk space for additional monitors (or budget).
Enter TCI from the 4NT/4DOS creators. Its a full tabbed environment for my shells. Since all my browsers and editors are fully tabbed, its only fair that my shell gets that capability too.
I setup TCI with toolbar buttons for each of my shells. With one simple click, I can start any shell I need, multiple times. I can also “detach” the tabs and move it to a different monitor if need be.
The previous versions of TCI were a little cumbersome, but the latest version is just pure gold.
If you live at a Windows Shell like I do, this is worth checking out.
http://www.jpsoft.com/tcides.htm
