On Fri, 13 May 2005, David Emerson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a function to query the terminal width and height, as a number of
> characters?
>
> For example, in windows 98, the terminal is always 80 characters wide, but
> the height varies; in linux, the height and width can both change, even while
> the program is running. I'm throwing some text up on the screen and would
> like to be able to format it to fit the terminal width and height.
On unix, use fpioctl:
fpioctl(stdinputhandle, TIOCGWINSZ, @WS);
where ws is TWinSize:
TWinsize = packed record
ws_row,
ws_col,
ws_xpixel,
ws_ypixel : word;
end;
fpioctl is in unit unix, TWinSize in unit termio.
Michael.
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