Frogboy Administrators Posted January 3, 2002 Administrators Share Posted January 3, 2002 This is a freeware program that a friend of mine made called Dterm. What's cool about it is that's like the XP CLI but it's skinnable by the system. It also means it can be affected by programs that alter the transparency of a window. Here's a link to it: DTerm 1.03 Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted January 3, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 3, 2002 thanks frog, you rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgwanaRob Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 It's the small things like this that make us all happy!:D :p Great find Frogboy:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogboy Administrators Posted January 3, 2002 Author Administrators Share Posted January 3, 2002 No problem. I'm looking for something else cool I used to have around here that was made available freely - an OpenGL based shell where your desktop was actually 3D using OpenGL. It was really neat (and free). Still trying to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinh Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 screenshot if you dont mind.. iam not to sure what it is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprfli Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 frogboy: that's nice but have you seen console? i think you'll like it much better than dterm. :D console page direct link to console download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprfli Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 btw, it's not skinnable but it's transparent, completely configurable via XML, has a .inf file that you can install so you can right click on any windown and open a command line there and kicks all azz. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 do you mean econsole it is skinnable by XP it can also be set with any image for it's background it can use many fonts, colors, and sizes multiple different animated cursors varying levels of independant transparency for the background stretched, tiled or relative backgrounds it's the best oh yeah and the little open console from here right click thing also all the settins for cmd are available including tab complete it's right here here's a couple pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 oh yeah and Frogboy is this the 3D desktop thing???? here There's a beeter one out there I can't remember what it's called but it was a full shell replacement not just a desktop let me know and if I have to I'll hunt it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 Ok I was wrong that was the one I was the 3D thing I was thinking of the home page for it is http://www.3dtop.com/ here's a pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 Damn thats some funky stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 well funky it might be but it's definatly customizing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogboy Administrators Posted January 3, 2002 Author Administrators Share Posted January 3, 2002 That's actually not th eone I was thinking of but that's pretty cool. I found the one I was thinking of this morning, will post it in a sec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardanos Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 i actually was hoping to find a little app to enter commands, rather than a whole command window. you know like in litestep. usually a plugin that makes a skinnable and dockable iten where you can just enter commands. would be nice not to have to go to the start panel>run... just to enter a command or start a system app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogboy Administrators Posted January 3, 2002 Author Administrators Share Posted January 3, 2002 DesktopX can do that. The VDE theme that comes with it has something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 There are some small apps that will do that aardanos, I've even seen one that is a "plugin" to the taskbar, so you can just type commands into the taskbar. I forget whats its called, but it's out there :) btw Frogboy, I have known about Dterm for quite awhile, nice little program, but it has some bugs :( The author has given up the source, so why dont you work on it frogboy? The major bug I have is sometimes it lags and you have to press a button for it to continue displaying what you typed. Other then that its nice, and as for console, sure it gives you real transparency, but with that it becomes a pain in the ass, slowing down windows that drag over that area :( and all the other alphablending issues. I have also used Lokaish for a long time frogboy, I love it :) But it also needs some updating. I have so many ideas for that lil bugger, maybe I should email the guy :) Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkellner Posted January 4, 2002 Share Posted January 4, 2002 also the text shadowing slows it down A LOT for me.. and i think you should have it do the whole window transparent, not just the console. like a windowfx thing, so you can have it over an ie and still see the ie in the background.. dunno if you can do that just in the console part and not for the borders.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimman Posted January 4, 2002 Share Posted January 4, 2002 so how's that OpenGL desktop pushing it's way to the boards frogger? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binary Posted January 4, 2002 Share Posted January 4, 2002 Krazie, thats because it's using fake transparency, it's just repainting the wallpaper inside the console, wheras that other console program will actually alphablend (see everything behind it) But alphablending has some major bugs that come along with it :) Well not bugs really, but its just too slow right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimman Posted January 4, 2002 Share Posted January 4, 2002 i'd really like a console that had 100% transperacy (for speed) on the background, and 100% visibility on the text. AND removeable borders :) perhaps even skinnable?! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 hey grimman you mean like in this shot it is attached to my desktop so it never goes in front of a window it's 100% transparent it has no borders just play with e-console it does it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprfli Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 the console app i linked to and is based on e-console does the same thing but has some more options: http://marvin.kset.org/~bozho http://marvin.kset.org/~bozho/Console/Console_1.10.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 but it doesn't do the same thing I downloaded it it's short on alot of the options and customizability the only thing it does that e-console doesn't is alphablending but it's really short on the other options like setting it to have a relative background as oppsed to using transparency so you get better performance. Not to mention you cant turn the borders on it's really not the same at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimman Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 i'll check on the e-console thing. and who is the swweeeeeeet female in the bg? :) edit: can't find e-console. all i end up with is alot of italian pages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whack Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 leatitia casta I have another copy of the sam BG but instead of the E logo it has a faded zoom in on the win XP flag I use it a work with a complementing linux desktop with her on it as well here's my linux desktop I have one on the left and one on the right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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