> As per discussion on IRC with FRIGN, ioctl is no standard, but it is
> probably a defacto standard; how else can you determine the terminal
> width portably?  However, this patch adds a fallback in case you can't
> read the terminal width - this is how cols currently does it.

You can trust the value of COLUMNS. I think this is the correct way
programs must detect the size of the terminal.

Regards,


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