-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Thierry EXCOFFIER on 2/26/2006 8:59 AM: > > Description: > LINES and COLUMNS variables are not exported, > so applications using these variables can not > find the screen size.
POSIX states that "Users should not need to set this variable in the environment unless there is a specific reason to override the implementation's default behavior, such as to display data in an area arbitrarily smaller than the terminal or window." But if it is causing you problems, you can simply do: export LINES COLUMNS before invoking your app that does not know how to query the terminal for its normal size. - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFECjIg84KuGfSFAYARAsjIAJ0Z45aEZxmin04YxSfRS1cMT9zhjwCgnXjT e3HtvPU/8vrwbJ0nczT0q9M= =Ix8n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
