Tag: windows

‘git’ is not recognized as an internal or external command

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If you installed Git from windows.github.com you might get this error while running ‘git’ from windows command prompt(cmd):

‘git’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

What you need to do is add Git path to Windows Environment Variables.

First, search for git.exe with windows search. You will find it in directory similar to this one:

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_76ds5d7f65adsf76as5f7as6f5asdf\bin

Add this to Windows Environment Variables :

  • right mouse-click “My Computer” and select “Properties”
  • if on Windows 7 then click on “Advanced system settings”,
  • open “Advanced” tab and click “Environment Variables”,
  • highlight/click on the “Path” variable under “System variables” and click “Edit”,
  • add your specific path to front of “Variable value” field or at the end, separated by a semicolon from the existing entry. Do not add a space between ; and last entry.Also, do not add ; after the last entry

Let say, just for example, that the Git.exe is in C:\Users\something\somefolder\bin folder. So when you edit your path variable it should look like this (thanks to my super Photoshop skills you can see that we are on Advanced tab, that we are editing Path variable and that I excel at making watermarks):

edit system variable git

Click Ok few times and try running Git again.

Sublime Text 2 opens “instant file search” instead of printing left square bracket in Windows

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This problem only appears on certain keyboards and languages where left and right square brackets are placed on letters F and G. Even if you have similar problem with different keyboard or key binding /letters you can still use this solution.

I was using Sublime Text 2, which is really fantastic editor, on Windows 7 and encountered a weird problem. When I pressed AltGr+F Sublime Editor 2 didnt print “[” (left square bracket) – it opened Instant File Search tool instead.

The reason for this is that Windows sees AltGr as Ctrl+Alt, and therefore AltGr+F will be understood as Ctrl+Alt+F, which is a default keymap for Instant File Search tool.

To fix this you need to override the default Ctrl+Alt+F shortcut so it will insert the desired character by inputting that shortcut in user key-bindings.

Do this:
1. Select “Preferences > Key Bindings – User” in Sublime Text 2 menu
2. Paste the following code there:

[
{ "keys": ["ctrl+alt+f"], "command": "insert", "args": {"characters": "["} }
]

If your Key Bindings – User file is not empty then just add the code without the square brackets (line 1 and 3) and dont forget to add comma at the end or at the begging of the line.

Small font of command window (cmd) on Windows 7

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Every now and then when I start the command prompt on Windows 7 (Click on Start and type cmd) it opens in a very  small window. The font and command prompt (cmd.exe) are so small that it is unreadable. To fix this follow these simple steps:

1. Right click anywhere in the  top bar (or left click on that small thumbnail in top left) of the small command prompt window and select  “Properties”.

Command prompt properties

2. Click the Font tab and simply select the font size you like and click OK . I use 7 x 12 font size and Raster Fonts.

font properties command prompt