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Windows is infamous to make everything as difficult as possible.
Here I write the steps to make the experience of using Windows a bit less of a pain.
Command line
cmd.exe is terrible, Powershell is a monstrosity… What can we do?
MSYS2 is a software distro and building platform for Windows
It gives bash and a pacman implementation for Windows.
With it one can easily install tmux and have a good console.
Just open the Start menu, type “min” and press enter!
This is also a good way to install the GCC and the Clang compilers.
Admin access
Seldom one needs to execute a command as superuser.
The simple solution is executing the console as superuser to start other programs.
Press Super + R, write C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd, and press Shift+Ctrl+Enter.
Scripting
One cannot expect that bash is installed in every Windows, besides in Windows one often needs to press buttons and wait for windows. So… classic bash scripting might not be the best idea.
AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language.
Scripting language able also of automating the Windows GUI that compiles in self contained .exe files.
