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From: wei@princeton.UUCP (P Wei)
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Subject: LINES and COLS in curses.h ???
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Date: Tue, 19-Nov-85 22:23:56 EST
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In curses.h file , there is a external variable declaration :
extern int LINES, COLS

Can anyone tell me where they (LINES, COLS) are defined?
Are they set by reading the termcap database ?
How can I read the lines and colums information from that database?
HP Wei   (wei@princeton)      Thanks!