This is not possible with an OS or native browser window popping up. You will have to create a custom overlay dialog. I would advise using a library like jQuery UI to do this. You can then customize whatever is in the popup. You can view a demo of the dialog here
From zsh – read If the first argument contains a ‘?’, the remainder of this word is used as a prompt on standard error when the shell is interactive. You must quote the entire argument read -q “REPLY?This is the question I want to ask?” this will prompt you with This is the question I … Read more
“F:\- Big Packets -\kitterengine\Common\Template.bat” maybe prefaced with call (see call /?). Or Cd /d “F:\- Big Packets -\kitterengine\Common\” & Template.bat. CMD Cheat Sheet Cmd.exe Getting Help Punctuation Naming Files Starting Programs Keys CMD.exe First thing to remember its a way of operating a computer. It’s the way we did it before WIMP (Windows, Icons, Mouse, … Read more
This is in fact possible without resorting to strange hacks. I’ve got this in my .zshrc RPROMPT='[%D{%L:%M:%S %p}]’ TMOUT=1 TRAPALRM() { zle reset-prompt } The TRAPALRM function gets called every TMOUT seconds (in this case 1), and here it performs a prompt refresh, and does so until a command starts execution (and it doesn’t interfere … Read more
Go to Start and search for “Anaconda Prompt” – right click this and choose “Open File Location”, which will open a folder of shortcuts. Right click the “Anaconda Prompt” shortcut, choose “Properties” and you can adjust the starting dir in the “Start in” box.
prompt returns a string if the user presses OK (” being with no value submitted). If the user pressed Cancel, null is returned. All you need to do is check whether the value is null: function doSomething() { var input; input = prompt(‘Do something?’); if (input === null) { return; //break out of the function … Read more
There’s the PROMPT environment variable: set PROMPT=$P$G $P$G is the default value, giving you the usual C:\> type output. There are more format variables available here.
This is minimal stand-alone code to achieve what you want: function timer_start { timer=${timer:-$SECONDS} } function timer_stop { timer_show=$(($SECONDS – $timer)) unset timer } trap ‘timer_start’ DEBUG PROMPT_COMMAND=timer_stop PS1='[last: ${timer_show}s][\w]$ ‘
With MikTeX, pdflatex has this command-line option: -interaction=MODE Set the interaction mode; MODE must be one of: batchmode, nonstopmode, scrollmode, errorstopmode. Edit suggested by @9999years: Those values are equivalent to a set of LaTeX \commands that provide the same functionality. From TeX usage tips: The modes make TeX behave in the following way: errorstopmode stops … Read more
As you are starting to border on a complex PS1, you might consider using PROMPT_COMMAND. With this, you set it to a function, and it will be run after each command to generate the prompt. You could try the following in your ~/.bashrc file: PROMPT_COMMAND=__prompt_command # Function to generate PS1 after CMDs __prompt_command() { local … Read more