Subj : Reliable way to get term size
To   : Alpha
From : echicken
Date : Mon Apr 05 2021 03:55 pm

  Re: Reliable way to get term size
  By: Alpha to All on Sat Apr 03 2021 08:51:06

 Al> Looking for a way to consistently get a user's screen/term size/mode that
 Al> works across Syncterm, netRunner, MagiTerm, etc.

The normal way would be to send the cursor to row 255, column 255 (esc[255;255H), then request the cursor position from the terminal (esc[6n) and parse the response (esc[row;columnR).

Some terminals may not handle values > 255 gracefully. I don't think many people are using a 255x255 terminal (or larger) anyway.

If the terminal is smaller than the requested position, the expected behaviour is that the cursor would go to the very bottom right.
  
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