micky[_2_]
August 22nd 15, 10:19 AM
I was sure I had asked about this topic in this group, within the last
few months, but going back years and looking at every thread I started,
plus a lot of other posts, I can't find it. I can't find it in any DOS
group either.
How to really maximize a DOS box. Meaning the width, since max
already maxes the height.
And of course someone said it wasn't really DOS.
And someone else told me about alt-enter, for which I'm grateful and
which I've been using.
But tonight I came across a better** way. It's a Win10 page but it
works on XP too.
It only works if you are starting cmd from an icon. It works for TCC/LE
too, I used to have icons in the quick launch bbar for both.
Here's the url but all you need to know is to change 80 to 240 on the
Layout tab of the Properties of the CMD or TCC/LE icon. If this
doesn't just fill the screen, with the scroll bar at the right, try
other numbers.
You can change the colors on the Color tab, and you can make the font
sze bigger (now that I sit farther from the monitor) on the Font tab.
The default is 12 and I coudn't see any change with 14, but with 16 it
was not only bigger but brighter. I kid you not.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/quick-tip-maximize-a-command-prompt-window-the-right-way/#ftag=YHF87e0214
Now, if you look back at Figure A, you can see the default maximized
Command Prompt window already spans the height of the screen, so we are
only concerned with extending the width. As such, our formula is Screen
Resolution Width / Font Size Width = Screen Buffer Size Width.
This means that the numbers we need from the screen resolution and the
font size are 1920 and 8. So, in the case of my example system, I'll use
1920/8 = 240.
On the Command Prompt Properties, I'll select the Layout tab and will
discover that the default Screen Buffer Size Width is 80. I'll then
change that to 240, as shown in Figure D, and click OK.
..........
I also found that having a black maximized Command Prompt window was a
bit unnerving, so I went to the Colors tab and changed the Screen Text
to white and the Screen Background to Blue. Now my maximized Command
Prompt window, shown in Figure F is easier to read and more pleasing to
look at.
-- end quote --
**Defintitely better. Better beause it's easier to read, not so fuzzy,
and keeps the scroll bar at the right. One can't scroll all the way up
to the start of the session. but it still helps a lot.
few months, but going back years and looking at every thread I started,
plus a lot of other posts, I can't find it. I can't find it in any DOS
group either.
How to really maximize a DOS box. Meaning the width, since max
already maxes the height.
And of course someone said it wasn't really DOS.
And someone else told me about alt-enter, for which I'm grateful and
which I've been using.
But tonight I came across a better** way. It's a Win10 page but it
works on XP too.
It only works if you are starting cmd from an icon. It works for TCC/LE
too, I used to have icons in the quick launch bbar for both.
Here's the url but all you need to know is to change 80 to 240 on the
Layout tab of the Properties of the CMD or TCC/LE icon. If this
doesn't just fill the screen, with the scroll bar at the right, try
other numbers.
You can change the colors on the Color tab, and you can make the font
sze bigger (now that I sit farther from the monitor) on the Font tab.
The default is 12 and I coudn't see any change with 14, but with 16 it
was not only bigger but brighter. I kid you not.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/quick-tip-maximize-a-command-prompt-window-the-right-way/#ftag=YHF87e0214
Now, if you look back at Figure A, you can see the default maximized
Command Prompt window already spans the height of the screen, so we are
only concerned with extending the width. As such, our formula is Screen
Resolution Width / Font Size Width = Screen Buffer Size Width.
This means that the numbers we need from the screen resolution and the
font size are 1920 and 8. So, in the case of my example system, I'll use
1920/8 = 240.
On the Command Prompt Properties, I'll select the Layout tab and will
discover that the default Screen Buffer Size Width is 80. I'll then
change that to 240, as shown in Figure D, and click OK.
..........
I also found that having a black maximized Command Prompt window was a
bit unnerving, so I went to the Colors tab and changed the Screen Text
to white and the Screen Background to Blue. Now my maximized Command
Prompt window, shown in Figure F is easier to read and more pleasing to
look at.
-- end quote --
**Defintitely better. Better beause it's easier to read, not so fuzzy,
and keeps the scroll bar at the right. One can't scroll all the way up
to the start of the session. but it still helps a lot.