How do i configure conemu to open a new tab instead of a new window, when run on the command line?

I use total commander a lot and in my muscle memory i have it that i can run cmd at any time in total commander, and it will open a new shell window at the current directory.

I'm looking for conemu to do almost exactly the same, only to open a new tab instead of a new window.

However conemu seems to only be configurable to open a new window on every call, or (with single instance mode) to bring the last tab to the foreground.

Are there any settings i missed?

As I said many times, ConEmu is not a shell. It is terminal application. That is why comparison with "run cmd" is not so correct...

When you run ConEmu without arguments, and single mode is forced (Quake style implies it too), what must be done in ConEmu?

For example, you have pinned ConEmu on your Task bar. In most cases, pinned program (shortcut) will not have any arguments. And what must be happen when you click your shortcut on Task bar? ConEmu window must appears. But if each time you click shortcut new tab will be created... weird result will be observed. Instead of minimize/restore (or hide/restore, or slide-up/slide-down) user will get new tab per click.

So, you need to run proper command to tell ConEmu what do you exactly want. Example:

conemu -single -cmd cmd

On the other hand, there are handy features DefTerm or AutoAttach. Where to know about them? In the project wiki of course. For example, if you turn on "Default terminal", you may just run cmd from Win+R and new tab will be created in your ConEmu instance.

cmd

At last, there is no IRC channel. I'm not using IRC and who will answer there? There are many other ways to communicate: Twitter, Mailing list, Issues.

A bit late reply but this worked for me: In ConEmu Settings got to Integration and change Command

from -cur_console:n

to /single /cmd -cur_console:n

Then hit Register button again and Save settings.