In the last episode (Jul 23), Polytropon said:
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:44:27 -0300 (ADT), "A. Wright" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Polytropon wrote:
> > > Is there a way to easily determine the terminal output size at program
> > > startup so the program can be preconfigured for certain screen sizes,
> > > and even refuse to run if it's less than 80x25?
> >
> > The "curses" library will do this. The variables LINES and COLS will
> > tell you what you want.
>
> Cool - I planned to use (n)curses anyway. But one question remains: Is
> there an "interrupt line" (or something functionally similar, a flag or
> whatever) that will give the chance for a notification if LINES or COLS
> has recently changed, e. g. through a window size modification?
If you haven't trapped the SIGWINCH signal (which is sent on terminal size
changes) yourself, ncurses will install its own handler. It will queue a
virtual KEY_RESIZE keypress that you can check for in your input loop. You
can then redraw your display to fit the new window size.
--
Dan Nelson
[email protected]
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