<p>The command line interface to MySQL works perfectly well in itself, but when using my local copy I'm forced to interact with it using the old-fashioned DOS windows. Is there some way I can redirect it through a better shell?</p>

[{'answer_id': 37431, 'author': 'Tom', 'author_id': 3715, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3715', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Have you tried the <a href="http://www.mysql.com/products/tools/query-browser/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MySQL Query Browser</a>?  Works cross platform and is much nicer than the plain shell.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 37482, 'author': 'Lucas Wilson-Richter', 'author_id': 1157, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1157', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>It sounds like a GUI is not really what you were after, but maybe <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeidiSQL" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HeidiSQL</a> would be worth a look. It\'s a GUI frontend for MySQL which I wouldn\'t say I quite <em>enjoyed</em> using, but I\'ve certainly come across worse ways to talk with a database.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 11777006, 'author': 'jsist', 'author_id': 1506008, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1506008', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>You should give a try to <a href="http://www.webyog.com/en/downloads.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SQLyog</a>. It has very powerfull query editor with features including Auto-complete, Auto-indentation, Customize foreground and background colours, Flexibiility to execute multiple MySQL queries in one go, and a long list to go... <a href="http://www.webyog.com/doc/SQLyog/#Syntax_Highlighting_for_SQLyog_GUI_for_MySQL.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SQLyog Documentation for Query Tab</a></p>\n\n<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QDpHQ.png" alt="SQLyog&#39;s Query Tab Screenshot"></p>\n\n<p>Hope it helps...</p>\n'}]
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