Stopgap measure: To use gridlaunch, or GUI, start opensim with

OpenSim.exe -gui=true

OpenSim/Framework/Console/ConsoleBase.cs

@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
         public Commands Commands = new Commands();
         private bool echo = true;
         private List<string> history = new List<string>();
+        private bool gui = false;
 
         public object ConsoleScene = null;
 
@@ -401,6 +402,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
                 "Get general command list or more detailed help on a specific command", Help);
         }
 
+        public void SetGuiMode(bool mode)
+        {
+            gui = mode;
+        }
+
         private void AddToHistory(string text)
         {
             while (history.Count >= 100)
@@ -813,6 +819,30 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
             echo = e;
             int historyLine = history.Count;
 
+            if (gui)
+            {
+                System.Console.Write("{0}", prompt);
+                string cmdinput = System.Console.ReadLine();
+
+                if (isCommand)
+                {
+                    string[] cmd = Commands.Resolve(Parser.Parse(cmdinput));
+
+                    if (cmd.Length != 0)
+                    {
+                        int i;
+
+                        for (i=0 ; i < cmd.Length ; i++)
+                        {
+                            if (cmd[i].Contains(" "))
+                                cmd[i] = "\"" + cmd[i] + "\"";
+                        }
+                        return String.Empty;
+                    }
+                }
+                return cmdinput;
+            }
+
             System.Console.CursorLeft = 0; // Needed for mono
             System.Console.Write(" "); // Needed for mono
 

OpenSim/Region/Application/Application.cs

@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ namespace OpenSim
             configSource.AddSwitch("Startup", "physics");
             configSource.AddSwitch("Startup", "useexecutepath");
             configSource.AddSwitch("Startup", "hypergrid");
+            configSource.AddSwitch("Startup", "gui");
 
             configSource.AddConfig("StandAlone");
             configSource.AddConfig("Network");
 
             bool background = configSource.Configs["Startup"].GetBoolean("background", false);
             bool hgrid = configSource.Configs["Startup"].GetBoolean("hypergrid", false);
-
             m_saveCrashDumps = configSource.Configs["Startup"].GetBoolean("save_crashes", false);
             m_crashDir = configSource.Configs["Startup"].GetString("crash_dir", m_crashDir);
 

OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
         private string m_timedScript = "disabled";
         private Timer m_scriptTimer;
+        private bool m_gui = false;
 
         public OpenSim(IConfigSource configSource) : base(configSource)
         {
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ namespace OpenSim
                 m_startupCommandsFile = startupConfig.GetString("startup_console_commands_file", String.Empty);
                 m_shutdownCommandsFile = startupConfig.GetString("shutdown_console_commands_file", String.Empty);
 
+                m_gui = startupConfig.GetBoolean("gui", false);
+
                 m_timedScript = startupConfig.GetString("timer_Script", "disabled");
             }
         }
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
             //m_log.InfoFormat("[OPENSIM MAIN]: GC Latency Mode: {0}", GCSettings.LatencyMode.ToString());
 
             m_console = new ConsoleBase("Region");
+            m_console.SetGuiMode(m_gui);
             MainConsole.Instance = m_console;
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("region", "clear assets",