PromptPal is a Windows console replacement like FireCMD. Unlike FireCMD, it does not provide a command processor replacement and just provides console emulation. It seems to work by redirecting the console program output and displaying the contents in a GUI window which is probably making it’s display output slower.
Some features of PromptPal are:
- Tabbed Interface
- Configurable fonts and colors
- Supports Windows PowerShell
- Command auto-completion
- Search facility
- Persistent command history
- Save to file
There is no significant feature in PromptPal which is missing in FireCMD. The command name auto-completion feature that was missing is added in version 1.2.
PromptPal doesn’t support console apps that change the cursor position. PromptPal’s display output speed is slower than the Windows default console and more than 8 times slower than FireCMD! Lets check out the comparison table.
| Features | FireCMD | PromptPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29 | $29.99 |
| GCLI (Graphical Command Line Interface) | Yes | – |
| Tabbed Windows for Console Programs and Command Line Apps | Yes | Yes |
| In-built File Editor (FireTXT) | Yes | – |
| UNIX-like Environment Support | Yes | – |
| Persistent Aliases/Macros | Yes | – |
| Recursive Aliases | Yes | – |
| Customizable Font | Yes | Yes |
| Quick Zoom In/Zoom Out | Yes | – |
| Enhanced Command Line Editor | Yes | – |
| Multiple Undo / Redo Options in Command Line Editing | Yes | – |
| Enhanced File and Directory Name Completion | Yes | – |
| Command Substitution | Yes | – |
| Command Substitution using Files | Yes | – |
| Enhanced Path Environment Variable Management | Yes | – |
| HTML and CSS Support | Yes | – |
| Text Search Utility | Yes | Yes |
| Remembers Command History for Next Session | Yes | Yes |
| Remembers Last Working Directory for Next Session | Yes | – |
| Save Output as HTML | Yes | – |
| Snapshot Feature | Yes | – |
| Display Speed – dir /s c:windows (in seconds) | 19.4 | 162.9 |
| Commands Provided | 218 | 0 |
PromptPal doesn’t include a command interpreter and thus it is not a CMD replacement but just a console replacement.
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