On 4/10/10 1:06 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> We see
> COLUMNS
> Used by the select builtin command to determine the terminal
> width when printing selection lists. Automatically set upon
> receipt of a SIGWINCH.
> says it only is used by select, not what we're interested in. And even if
> it was, we don't want to affect other programs too with COLUMNS (which we
> export COLUMNS=80 mostly.)
I think the best way to solve this is a readline-specific variable that
specifies the same thing as $COLUMNS. $COLUMNS can be used as a second
choice, with a fallback to the actual screen width.
Look for the new variable in the next readline release.
Chet
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