Next Windows Command Shell Preview comes out next Monday

Next Windows Command Shell Preview comes out next Monday

Brunotte on 15 September 2004 - 15:13 · 17 comments & 1798 views

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Monday, September 20 2004 (at about 9 AM PST), the next version of the Windows Command Shell Preview will be made available on the beta web site for your download. You will need to remove the last preview (or at least make sure it doesn't get in your way) and also update to a newer .Net Framework 2.0 beta that supports this new build.

News source: Beta Place

Thanks to xxpor for the heads-up on this bit

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(5 replies) #1 darkthunder on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:20

What is "Windows Command Shell" ?

#1.1 SVT on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:23

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The command shell is a separate software program that provides direct communication between the user and the operating system. The non-graphical command shell user interface provides the environment in which you run character-based applications and utilities. The command shell executes programs and displays their output on the screen by using individual characters similar to the MS-DOS command interpreter Command.com. The Windows XP command shell uses the command interpreter Cmd.exe, which loads applications and directs the flow of information between applications, to translate user input into a form that the operating system understands.

#1.2 IGx89 on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:36

What's the difference between this shell and the normal Windows command prompt? Is this native .NET, and thus could be cross-platform?

#1.3 Colonel_Angus on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:41

windows command shell = windows command prompt

This new beta shell is the replacement for cmd.exe, which itself was a replacement for command.com

#1.4 Rudy on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:41

i dont know if it's native .net but the WCS is really similar to a unix shell (which is much better than the command prompt)

#1.5 parisp on 15 Sep 2004 - 16:24

if you like the unix shell then you can install cygwin and have that on windows with a vatiety of unix command line tools.

(6 replies) #2 SVT on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:21

Windows will never be ready for the average user, because the average user doesn't want to mess with the command line.

SVT

#2.1 bigtoneuk on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:30

Care to explain that?

#2.2 Delsphynx on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:37

You don't have to use the Command Line - and average users don't. I don't see your point...

#2.3 Knight' on 15 Sep 2004 - 16:05

haha it's a Joke you dumb nuts, he's refering to *nix distros.

#2.4 neufuse on 15 Sep 2004 - 16:09

its your basic linux joke that linux will never be ready for the standard user because of high console interaction rates compared to pure GUI interaction of windows

#2.5 Delsphynx on 15 Sep 2004 - 16:33

Oh, I see the joke - it's just a little bit difficult to see the joke when you have no idea about how SVT intended it...

#2.6 J_R_G on 15 Sep 2004 - 21:08

Right. Except with windows, the command prompt is and will be a choice, not a necessity. Actually, it's the stupid things like this that *nix users say that keep people from being interested..

#3 figgy on 15 Sep 2004 - 15:47

Can't wait to try this out.

#4 JoDaddy on 15 Sep 2004 - 17:09

Are they going to have 4 dots now to get to the great-great-grandaddy folder? (cd ....). I don't understand why you would keep updating the command shell, just give us better command shell interfaces (not graphical, but in the programs) so we can run them command line if we like.

#5 DaCypher on 15 Sep 2004 - 22:06

I'd like to know what exactly is being updated with this new version. Unix command lines are quite powerful with their piping and i/o redirection (yes, I know, you can do this with the current command shell, but its not the same).

#6 shift on 16 Sep 2004 - 01:00

about time. i've been on the beta for a while and it was really annoying not being about to use the current build due to having a new version of the framework.

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