Thread: changing font size and colour

You are using gcc on Windows, is that through MinGW or Cygwin?

I am using gcc in the cmd promt in windows I use the Vim 7.3 as my text editor. I am learning from the book C for Dummies by Dan Gookin second edition. In appendix 1 it tells you how to set up your directory, suggests the text editor and shows how to use the command prompt. so that's what I have been doing. However most of the advice I have got never refers to using the command prompt so that's why I was asking

I am using gcc in the cmd promt in windows I use the Vim 7.3 as my text editor.

Where did you get gcc and how did you install it? The two usual suspects are through MinGW or Cygwin.

For this book, I used the MinGW compiler, which comes with the Dev-C++

IDE (Integrated Development Environment). It’s free and available from

www.bloodshed.net. So I do use the MinGw compiler I just checked the book and that is the extract I cut and pasted Shall I carry on?

Try this command to build your program:

Code:

gcc code.c -o -lkernel32

Thank you very much it has built my original code, will this now enable me to be able to change font size

Originally Posted by piczim

Thank you very much it has built my original code, will this now enable me to be able to change font size

Try running the code and see. But do note that the Windows console does not support rich text. Changing the font size is an all or nothing effect with the program I posted, and will continue to be until you move away from the console.