Subj : RE: Reliable way to get term size
To   : echicken
From : NuSkooler
Date : Wed Apr 07 2021 05:03 pm


On Tuesday, April 6th echicken muttered...
 Ec> All of this because "cursor home" is a thing but "cursor end" is not. :|

FWIW there is also an unofficial ESC that at least some terminals support (e.g. SyncTERM) to report the size directly:

ESC[255n

ENiG will try that one as a fallback to NAWS before the 999,999 trick. From cterm.txt:

255	- NON-STANDARD EXTENSION (BCDSR)
		  Replies as though a CSI 6 n was received with the cursor in
		  the bottom right corner.  i.e.: Returns the terminal size as
		  a position report.



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