Thread: Setting terminal size through c?

Originally Posted by Ravi Raj

I am using this code:

Code:

void
term_size(int *rows, int *cols)
{
    struct winsize ws = {*rows, *cols, 0, 0};
    int fd;

    /* Open the controlling terminal. */
    fd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR);
    if (fd < 0)
        exit(1);

    /* Get window size of terminal. */ 
    if (ioctl(fd, TIOCSWINSZ, &ws) < 0)
        exit(1);

    //*rows = ws.ws_row;
    //*cols = ws.ws_col;

    close(fd);    
}

In this case you would need to initialize your struct with *rows, *cols before you call ioctl(). But, it should not affect the actual Gnome window itself, but the used area inside. Have you looked for a Gnome api to see if there are something there that let's you do what you want?