Hi all, One Windows solution that my students seem to like is MobaXterm (http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/), which they've used successfully for the BASH workshop. It comes with a syntax-highlighting text gui text editor and the terminal doesn't have the fonts problems mentioned elsewhere. Installing git requires a couple more clicks with its package manager, but it's my current front-runner for getting Windows users something workable in a pinch. For what it's worth, a fifteen minute introduction to 'vimtutor' was enough to have my class (13 students) eschew nano in favor of vim.
Best, Eric On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 4:24 AM, Jan Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software- >> carpentry.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > > -- > +- Jan T. Kim -------------------------------------------------------+ > | email: [email protected] | > | WWW: http://www.jtkim.dreamhosters.com/ | > *-----=< hierarchical systems are for files, not for humans >=-----* > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
