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Re: Enlarging the Dos box window and font


On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 03:14:50PM +0200, Herbert Stocker wrote:
> Hi Bjørndal,
> 
> have you tried mintty?
> i don't know if BRLTTY is compatible with it, but if so, it's a much
> much better alternative
> to the DOS box. You can freely change the window size, and it has no
> limit on the
> font sizes.

[...]

>     i hope mintty is compatible with accessibility software.

Unfortunately, it isn't. Thank you anyway for your suggestion.

Regards,
Lars


> On 13.09.2012 22:32, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
> >When I give a lecture or a speech, I use to display some text to the
> >listeners. I create simple HTML pages, that I display on a projector.
> >Because I'm blind, I need to have the same text on a braille display. I
> >want to use a text based web browser, lynx, so I start Cygwin from
> >within a normal Dos window (cmd), and from there, I can start BRLTTY and
> >Lynx. This works perfect for me with the braille display, but to the people
> >who are looking at the wall, the text is a bit too small, and not so easy
> >to read.
> >
> >Is it possible to enlarge the window and the font size within the Dos
> >box environment?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Lars
> >
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