On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 06:18:38AM -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 9/19/2016 4:31 AM, Paul Moore wrote: > > >shutil.get_terminal_size() is available on all platforms. > > On windows, it works with Command Prompt and PowerShell but fails in > IDLE, as it must.
Why "must" it fail? What is it about the IDLE terminal that prevents it from emulating an actual terminal, like all(?) the other terminal emulation programs people use? I just opened my Konqueror file & web browser, gave the command "Show Terminal Emulator", and ran Python: py> import shutil py> shutil.get_terminal_size() os.terminal_size(columns=85, lines=10) That's spot on perfectly correct. I then resized the window and tried it again: py> shutil.get_terminal_size() os.terminal_size(columns=108, lines=13) I then quit Python, and ran idle3.3 from the Konqueror terminal. Unfortunately, get_terminal_size() returned the size of the *Konqueror* terminal, instead of the IDLE terminal. I think that's a bug. I don't know if its a bug in IDLE or get_terminal_size() or both. -- Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
