Re: Getting screen size into the env?

[Juergen Weigert]

On Aug 07, 08 12:18:53 -0400, Mark Eichin wrote:
> "Thomas Adam" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > 2008/8/7 Micah Cowan <address@hidden>:
> >> However, if you use bash, it will set _shell_ variables, COLUMNS and
> >> LINES, automatically. This isn't something that screen does, but bash.
> >> Bash does _not_ export these by default, however; you'll need to do
> >>
> >>  $ export COLUMNS LINES

This may work, if the screen does not get resized while it is running.
I have my screen session inside an xterm, and resize frequently.
environment variables would still reflect the old value after a resize.

> >
> > Rather unportably between Unixes:
> >
> > eval $(resize)
> 
> resize requires having a terminal type that actually does xterm-style
> answerback, which as at best a "maybe".

When run from within screen, we guarantee you that xterm-style
answerback is honored. Screen is an xterm-compatible device.

> What you *really* want is the output of stty:
> $ stty -a |grep rows
> speed 38400 baud; rows 56; columns 144; line = 0;
> 
> because it's a property of the tty, and changed there - putting the
> values in the environment is an old and not-really-workable hack.

The best thing to do, is to keep them all in sync:

 - Measure the real dimension like resize does, 
 - Then check what the PTY thinks, and run stty to set cols and rows,
   in case a SIGWINCH got lost.
 - Then check shell variables COLUMNS and LINES, and fire SIGWINCH to the
   shell, if they do not match. The shell will fetch them from the PTY
   then.

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