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From: jdc@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Jeff Capehart)
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Subject: Re: terminal width
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Date: 6 May 88 00:28:20 GMT
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Summary: use $ASSIGN, $QIO; not $GETDVI

If I remember correctly, the terminal width is only available through
the status buffer (just like baud rate) when chatting with a device
such as a terminal, using the $QIO function.  I have a little program
which returns the baud rate of a terminal into a global symbol, and
I am sure if could be adapted to return the terminal width also.

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