On 25-Mar-08, Martin Vidner wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:56:37AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > * Johannes Meixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03-25-08 10:50]:
> > > 
> > > If it runs in text-only mode, how can I determine its current
> > > screen size (i.e. how many lines and characters per line)?
> > > 
> > 
> > bash has env vars, $LINES and $COLUMNS, that will give screen size.
> 
> The variables are there, but they are not exported:
> 
> $ echo $LINES,$COLUMNS; env | grep LINES; env | grep COLUMNS
> 60,178
> $ 

Using "stty size" sounds better to me. Maybe sh@ knows a wrapper for
this in YaST.

Regards,

-- 
Olaf Dabrunz (od/odabrunz), SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Nürnberg

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