Setting up my windows PC

A few bits of build config and general commands to set up the system and access things like fonts and cygwin.

Cygwin

Installation

• From: https://cygwin.com/install.html download: https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe
• installation options:

Feature	Action	Notes
Minimal vim	Remove	-
git	Add	-
vim	Add	-
python	-	only if Moin Moin is being deployed
screen	Add	-
gnupg	Add	-
crul	Add	transpose the r and u, this wiki/host won't allow the correct spelling

Configure Environment

#change home directory
mkpasswd -c -p "/cygdrive/c/Users/ferng/Documents" > \etc/passwd
vi \etc/passwd
#tidy up directory
#tidy up directory

#vim / vi
cd /usr/bin
ln -s vim vi

Font

Download

• From https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro
• Install both regular and italics (italics looks better than italized normal).

Configuration

• Create a backup of the windows registry.
• On regedit, navigate to

  • HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Console\TrueTypeFont

    • Right click on the right pane, select New -> String value.
    • Write 00 as the entry name.
    • Right click on the new entry, click on Modify.
    • Write the name of the desired font on the Value data field. That value should match one of the entries on use the name without the brackets

  • HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Fonts

    • If you want to add additional fonts, repeat the previous steps, adding a 0 to the entry name each time (that is, the third entry should be 000 and so on).
    • Reboot your PC to apply the changes.
    • Open a console window, right click on the title bar, select Properties.
    • Select the Font tab. The new fonts should appear on the list.