So an update to the situation. I have a raspberry pi 2 that i am trying to display on a computer monitor. I have a hdmi to vga chord. I read online that to make it work i have to go to the config.txt file and change some lines concerning hdmi, reboot, and it would work. Is this true?

I am trying to use a computer monitor with my raspberry pi 2. Will a VGA to HDMI chord work so I can display the raspberry pi on the computer monitor?

I have a Raspberry Pi 2 model b and am looking to start programming but I wanted to get the display for easier use and had some questions i couldn't find the answers to. 1. If the screen is set up, will a keyboard and mouse work with it? 2. If I just have the raspberry pi running etc and i buy the d...