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| -rw-r--r-- | saneterm/terminal.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/saneterm/terminal.py b/saneterm/terminal.py index d35ba24..71b9bbc 100644 --- a/saneterm/terminal.py +++ b/saneterm/terminal.py @@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ class Terminal(Gtk.Window): self.scroll.set_policy(hscroll, vscroll) def update_size(self, widget, rect): + # This function allows application running inside the terminal + # to retrieve the window size using the TIOCGWINSZ ioctl. This + # is for example used by ls(1) for multi column output. However, + # since TIOCGWINSZ assumes the terminal be built around a + # character grid we only provide a heuristic implementation. + # PTY must already be initialized if self.pty.master == -1: return |