Interactive shell for demonstration purposes

[Bengt Richter]

On Wed, 11 May 2005 16:21:19 +0200, Brian Quinlan <brian at sweetapp.com> wrote:

>Ville Vainio wrote:
>> Hmm, do you consider the fonts in a console window unreadable? 
>
>In fullscreen mode, yes (you get no choice of font size in Windows XP).
>In Windowed mode you still only get a limited font selection (only two 
>fonts and only a few type sizes [most of which are small]).
>
>> I've
>> given a few presentations using ipython on win32 and it worked alright
>> - but I suppose the projector quality is a factor here...
>
>I'll get by but I was hoping for something better.
>
If you make your console 96 wide and set the font to Lucida Console Bold 24point,
it will probably expand to near full screen on 1024x768. You can set the scroll buffer
to a couple hundred lines and adjust console widow height to suit. Use the properties
from the system icon, or get there by Alt-Space P etc.
You can change the fg/bg colors also, though not a big selection either. I'm not a fan of idle
for my system (NT4) though it looks nice enough and has more fonts to choose from.

Regards,
Bengt Richter