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From: "A. Wright" <andrew@qemg.org>
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Subject: Re: Text mode screen size max. compatibility
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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.

 	#include <curses.h>
 	main()
 	{
 		initscr();
 		printw("LINES = %d, COLS=%d -- press a key to quit\n", LINES, COLS);
 		refresh();
 		getch();
 		endwin();
 		exit(0);
 	}


A.