From: zuzu <sean.zuzu@...>
Date: 2005-09-05T07:02:58+09:00
Subject: Re: windows shell

I'm a fan of the pipes and filters design pattern, so on Windows,
Monad / MSH is supposed to be interesting.  (Though iirc, it also has
some kind of security hole(s) -- surprise! -- that it won't be
included with Longhorn/Vista by default either.)  But you can
download/run it on WinXP/2k3 too.

http://blogs.msdn.com/karstenj/archive/2004/06/25/166334.aspx

Installing Monad on XP or Win2k3

If you would like to install Monad on XP or Win2k3, you can do that by
following these instructions:

1. Acquire a passport account

2. http://beta.microsoft.com

3. Logon using the guest ID 'mshPDC'

4. Register using the registration form

5. Wait 24 hours for the confirmation email and account details.

6. Log back onto http://beta.microsoft.com and you will be
automatically redirected to the content.

The build of Monad acquired from this site is actually a newer version
that the build contained in the WinHec build.  Also, there is
supporting documentation and collateral provided up on the beta site,
as well as an active community.  So if you really want to play with
Monad, you should get this build and supporting collateral as opposed
to using the WinHec Monad installation described in my last post.

Oh, and if you don't know what Monad is (other than you Leibnitz
Monadology philosophers out there), it is a new command shell that
embraces .NET.  It thoroughly relies on the metadata provided through
reflection of .NET objects to allow for dynamic scripting of behaviors
on the system.  Rather than piping text output, which is the way most
command line interfaces handle the marshalling of data, MSH pipes
strongly typed .NET objects, allowing for much more fidelity and
precision in the types of commands and scripts that can be executed in
the MSH environment. But it also supports "cd", "dir", "ls" and all
your other favorite shell commands. Way cool.


http://weblogs.asp.net/ssadasivuni/archive/2004/07/06/173628.aspx



On 9/4/05, Gaston Garcia <gaston.garcia@gmail.com> wrote:
> sorry for not having been clear. I meant the command promt. thanks for all
> the answers.
> 
> On 9/4/05, Daniel Tse <daniel@themissingyard.net> wrote:
> >
> > Gaston Garcia wrote:
> >
> > >Is there anyone here that uses Windows XP and uses a windows shell
> > >replacement? Which is a good alternative?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Yet another possibility:
> >
> > If you mean a replacement for the command prompt terminal application
> > itself (cmd.exe), there's a project called puttycyg
> > http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/~medgar/*puttycyg*/ which allows a local
> > bash session to be run using the PuTTY terminal.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> -gaston
> 
>