Windows 7

[Brian K. White]

On 12/15/2010 9:19 AM, Kenneth Brody wrote:

> Not to mention that it appears that you need to install Cygwin first, in
> order for it to run.

No there's a mingw/msys version of mintty, nice stand-alone executable.

> Seems like a lot of work just to be able to run a console window (though
> not all console apps) "full screen".

Oh agreed.

> But, if you're up to the challenge, take a took at , and
> add the code needed to go "full screen" while keeping the same
> row/column count. At least that program runs console apps as expected.

Aha now that does look like just the thing.

>> Looks like XP mode, or an XP video driver are your least-bad options.
>
> I would call "use the largest font that still fits 80x25 on the screen"
> to be the "least bad" option.

There is an implied "...to get what you want", since the whole point of 
the question was specifically the difference between maximized window 
and full-screen-no-window. The starting point was already beyond "select 
a big font to make the window bigger".

But I'd agree that in _practical_ terms you should just give up wanting 
that feature any more and live without.

-- 
bkw