Quake-style dropdown Mintty console using AutoHotKey

chanux wrote: post #5

There are many of this kind on Linux. I use stjerm and I like it. I use it mainly as a home to MoC (Music on Console). You can assign a hotkey with -k option. I run following at startup. /usr/bin/stjerm -k f12 -o 60 -fg 66ff11 -sh /bin/bash

A friend of mine created tilda[1], which I always enjoyed.

[1] https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/tilda/

Re: Quake-style dropdown Mintty console using AutoHotKey

#8

Post by grrowl » Mon, May 26, 2014, 11:13 AM UTC

You enable this in iTerm under Preferences > Keys > Hotkey (bottom left)

Re: Quake-style dropdown Mintty console using AutoHotKey

#9

Post by mekwall » Mon, May 26, 2014, 11:16 AM UTC

For Git Bash users, use together with this: https://github.com/rpavlik/git-windows-mintty

Re: Quake-style dropdown Mintty console using AutoHotKey

#10

Post by Morgawr » Mon, May 26, 2014, 11:17 AM UTC

I use something like this on Linux, it's called tilda (there are also various similar implementations). It's both awesome and a curse to me. I have it bound to alt+kp_enter and I always keep an irssi/irc session running on it. Every time I need to chat with my friends on our IRC channels I just hit alt+kp_enter and it opens, it's a curse because now I'm always chatting and doing other things while I work, which detracts a lot from my productivity.

Still, really awesome! Nice to be able to share something like this with our windows friends.