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Updated Wiki: Quake Mode

Jaykul — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:55:34 GMT

QuakeMode

Normal QuakeMode is active by default, you can return to it by setting $Host.PrivateData.Settings.QuakeMode = "Top" but you can also try {[ $Host.PrivateData.Settings.QuakeMode = "Bottom" }} -- the "Left" and "Right" modes aren't fully implemented yet (it will dock, but not hide), because I don't think anyone would use them anyway...

If you don't like QuakeMode, you can disable it completely by setting $Host.PrivateData.Settings.QuakeMode = "None" , and if you have problems with the default hotkey (Win+C) to unhide it, you can set set it to $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Ctrl+Alt+P" or something else that's easier to type.

I'm hoping that in the next release I can make it so that the ShowInTaskBar setting is either "Auto" (the way it behaves now) "Never" or "Always" ... for now it dissapears from the taskbar when the window is hidden in QuakeMode.

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Updated Wiki: Quake Mode

Jaykul — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:48:38 GMT

QuakeMode

If you don't like QuakeMode, you can disable it it by setting $Host.PrivateData.Settings.QuakeMode = "None" , and if you have problems with the default hotkey (Win+C) to unhide it, you can set set $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Ctrl+Alt+P" or something else that's easier to type.

I'm hoping that in the next release I can make it so that the ShowInTaskBar setting is either "Auto" (the way it behaves now) "Never" or "Always" ... for now it dissapears from the taskbar when the window is hidden in QuakeMode.

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New Comment on "Quake Mode"

Krischu — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:53:54 GMT

Discard my request for source code. Found it!

New Comment on "Quake Mode"

Krischu — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:29:29 GMT

Could it be that the binary doesn't match the current source state? I'm getting: 21]: $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true Die AutoHide-Eigenschaft wurde in diesem Objekt nicht gefunden. Stellen Sie sicher, dass sie vorhanden ist und festgelegt werden kann. Bei Zeile:1 Zeichen:28 + $Host.PrivateData.Settings. <<<< AutoHide = $true + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyAssignmentException and a bunch of others when I cut&paste the Quakemode settings above. Where can I find the source? I would like to embed the console into a WPF project. --

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:35:53 GMT

Project Description

PoshConsole is a modern graphical PowerShell Console. We aim to have a complete open source implementation of the PSHostUserInterface and PSRawHostUserInterface written in WPF and including a custom ConsoleControl which can be reused for other purposes.

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Global hotkeys can be tied to ScriptBlocks
Rich XAML templates for Out-UIElement output formatting
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.
- Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.
- Autohide upon losing focus.
- Animation on hiding.
- Customizable colors (optionally outside the 16 console colors) for each output type, and for each console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:23:35 GMT

Project Description

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.
- Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
- Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
- Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.
Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.
- Autohide upon losing focus.
- Animation on hiding.
- Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:22:13 GMT

Project Description

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.
- Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
- Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
- Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.
Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.
- Autohide upon losing focus.
- Animation on hiding.
- Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

New Comment on "Quake Mode"

cipher — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:37:39 GMT

Same here, borders aren't working and not resizing.

New Comment on "Quake Mode"

Wabiloo — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:59:41 GMT

On my Windows 7 machine, I don't seem to be able to get this to work: borders don't disappear, the window doesn't get resized, the border colour doesn't change, etc. Any idea why?

New Comment on "Quake Mode"

Hades32 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:12:24 GMT

Opacity setting doesn't seem to work...

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:36:12 GMT

Project Description

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.

Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.

Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.

Autohide upon losing focus.
Animation on hiding.
Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

Updated Wiki: ScreenShots

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:06:01 GMT

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:56:48 GMT

Project Description

PoshConsole is a more modern PowerShell Console. We aim to have a complete open source implementation of the PSHostUserInterface and PSRawHostUserInterface written in WPF and including a custom ConsoleTextBox control which could be reused for other purposes.

Of course, our PowerShell Console will also include lots of powerful features like enhanced tab-completion and keyboard navigation,

PoshConsole will also take advantage of WPF features to make it the prettiest console out there! It is already the only PowerShell Console with a Quake-like mode where the main window snaps to the top of the screen and slides down when a hotkey is pressed, and hides when it loses focus. It has separate options for setting the window's opacity, always on top, and show in taskbar ... and has fully configurable colors.

We're committed to making most of these things optional, with choices available as settings -- including the hotkeys (emacs mode, anyone?), colors, etc. Currently, they are available via $Host.PrivateData.Settings, but eventually there will be a custom configuration panel.

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Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.

Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.

Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.

Autohide upon losing focus.
Animation on hiding.
Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:56:06 GMT

Project Description

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.

Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.

Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.

Autohide upon losing focus.
Animation on hiding.
Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:55:29 GMT

Project Description

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.

Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.

Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.

Autohide upon losing focus.
Animation on hiding.
Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

Updated Wiki: ScreenShots

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:37:48 GMT

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Updated Wiki: PoshConsole Profile

Jaykul — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:42:46 GMT

PoshConsole Profile Scripts

The first thing you need to know is that PoshConsole has support for an exit script in addition to the regular profile script (which is executed at startup). It also has support for PoshConsole-specific profile scripts. The full list of profile scripts is included below.

Sample Profiles

 
# PoshConsole_profile.ps1     The PoshConsole startup profile
################################################################################
if (Test-path ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv) {
  # Load the stored history from the csv file  back into PowerShell's history,  ... and into PoshConsole's up-arrow/down-arrow history!
  Import-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv | Add-History -passthru | % { $Host.PrivateData.History.Add( $_.CommandLine ) }
}
 
# Set up some scripts for quickly changing the window mode ...
# Enter Quake Mode
Function PoshQuakeMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false
 
  $global:quake = $true;
}
 
# Exit Quake Mode
Function PoshNormalMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true
 
  $global:quake = $false;
}
 
# Toggle Quake Mode
Function Quake {
  if( $global:quake ) { PoshNormalMode } else{ PoshQuakeMode }
}

 
# PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1      The PoshConsole Exit Script
################################################################################
# Dump the last 100 commands into a csv file for importing at our next startup
Get-History -Count 100 | Export-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv

Profile List

Note that the paths listed are typical paths, but may not be the same as the paths on your system. The folder "C:\Windows\System32\" is actually whatever folder is returned in PowerShell by executing [Environment]::SystemDirectory and the folder "C:\Users\Joel\Documents\" is actually whatever folder is returned by [Environment]::GetFolderPath( "MyDocuments" )

All Profile scripts are optional (and the names are not case sensitive), but will always be executed if they are present. A future option is planned for skipping profile loading.

Startup Profiles

We first call the system-wide PowerShell profile, and then the system-wide PoshConsole profile, followed by the user's PowerShell profile and lastly, the user's PoshConsole profile:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile.ps1

Exit Profiles

The exit profiles are exactly the same as the startup profiles, with the exception that they have "_exit" on the end of the file name:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1

Updated Wiki: PoshConsole Profile

Jaykul — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:21:06 GMT

PoshConsole Profile Scripts

Sample Profiles

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1     The PoshConsole startup profile
################################################################################
if (Test-path ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv) {
  # Load the stored history from the csv file  back into PowerShell's history,  ... and into PoshConsole's up-arrow/down-arrow history!
  Import-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv | Add-History -passthru | % { $Host.PrivateData.History.Add( $_.CommandLine ) }
}
 
# Set up some scripts for quickly changing the window mode ...
# Enter Quake Mode
Function PoshQuakeMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false
 
  $global:quake = $true;
}
 
# Exit Quake Mode
Function PoshNormalMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true
 
  $global:quake = $false;
}
 
# Toggle Quake Mode
Function Quake {
  if( $global:quake ) { PoshNormalMode } else{ PoshQuakeMode }
}

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1      The PoshConsole Exit Script
################################################################################
# Dump the last 100 commands into a csv file for importing at our next startup
Get-History -Count 100 | Export-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv

Profile List

Startup Profiles

We first call the system-wide PowerShell profile, and then the system-wide PoshConsole profile, followed by the user's PowerShell profile and lastly, the user's PoshConsole profile:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile.ps1

Exit Profiles

The exit profiles are exactly the same as the startup profiles, with the exception that they have "_exit" on the end of the file name:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1

Updated Wiki: PoshConsole Profile

Jaykul — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:20:37 GMT

PoshConsole Profile Scripts

Sample Profiles

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1     The PoshConsole startup profile
################################################################################
if (Test-path ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv) {
  # Load the stored history from the csv file  back into PowerShell's history,  ... and into PoshConsole's up-arrow/down-arrow history!
  Import-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv | Add-History -passthru | % { $Host.PrivateData.History.Add( $_.CommandLine ) }
}
 
# Set up some scripts for quickly changing the window mode ...
# Enter Quake Mode
Function PoshQuakeMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false
 
  $global:quake = $true;
}
 
# Exit Quake Mode
Function PoshNormalMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true
 
  $global:quake = $false;
}
 
# Toggle Quake Mode
Function Quake {
  if( $global:quake ) { PoshNormalMode } else{ PoshQuakeMode }
}

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1      The PoshConsole Exit Script
################################################################################
# Dump the last 100 commands into a csv file for importing at our next startup
Get-History -Count 100 | Export-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv

Profile List

Startup Profiles

We first call the system-wide PowerShell profile, and then the system-wide PoshConsole profile, followed by the user's PowerShell profile and lastly, the user's PoshConsole profile:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile.ps1

Exit Profiles

The exit profiles are exactly the same as the startup profiles, with the exception that they have "_exit" on the end of the file name:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile_exit.ps1
{C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1}
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile_exit.ps1
{C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1}

UPDATED WIKI: StartupBanner

Jaykul — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:37:45 GMT

Note: this only applies to the 2007.8150 release and later.

The StartupBanner is provided by the StartupBanner.xaml file which is a "simple" text xaml file you can edit in Notepad (or the xml editor of your choice). One good option is to edit it in XamlPad or XamlPadX or even Kaxaml ...