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Request terminal size [C - Linux]

I'm trying to make a nice looking terminal game, but a lot of the things i'd like to do need a constant screen size. So i need the program to request a certain size every time it is ran. Is this possible, if so how?

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The ncurses library has functionality for handling terminal sizes. This has been answered here and here regarding terminal dimensions.

krs1  2010-08-31 17:22:18
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You can only get the existing size, but you can't ask for a specific size. This terminal stuff was invented in a time where these sizes where hardcoded to be the physical size of the screen.

Uli Schlachter  2010-08-31 19:18:30

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