On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 06:14:31AM +0200, Anelda van der Walt wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> One thing that we saw when we followed the "windows console" solution, is
> that we were unable to change the font size to display well if the
> instructor used the same solution.  We wanted to recreate the environment of
> our learners (who were all on Windows) exactly as instructors, but the small
> font proved a challenge.  Maybe there actually is a way to change the font
> in this setup?

Generally, right-clicking on the title bar of a Windows command prompt
window pops up a menu with a "Properties" item, which leads to dialog
that has a "Font" tab. The "Consolas" fonts in that dialog can be set
to a reasonably big size, and they can also be made bold to further
improve readability (particularly if the projector isn't terribly bright).

Best regards, Jan

> Thanks,
> Anelda
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Steven Haddock
> Sent: 22 September 2015 09:19 PM
> To: John Blischak <[email protected]>
> Cc: Software Carpentry Discussion <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Discuss] Nano with git bash
> 
> Thanks everyone for the quick solution. 
> 
> I had seen the "windows console" instructions online but had initially
> avoided it, thinking it would set up some kind of hybrid DOS/bash prompt
> window. I'll give it a try.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Blischak" <[email protected]>
> To: "Steve Haddock" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Software Carpentry Discussion" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 11:15:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Discuss] Nano with git bash
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Steve Haddock <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am trying to set up a new postdoc with git bash (rather than MSYS2
> directly) and we are having trouble with nano on Windows 7 (?or 8). Was
> there a resolution to the similar discussion a month ago?
> > We did an install and can do `nano -h` but get a "Redirection not
> supported" error otherwise. Searching for that error shows very old posts
> with broken links.
> 
> The resolution to the problem has been merged into the default setup
> instructions for workshops. It worked well for the recent workshop I ran.
> Here's the link to the generic workshop template site:
> 
> http://swcarpentry.github.io/workshop-template/#setup
> 
> John
> 
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