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+// oct-term.cc                                           -*- C++ -*-
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "oct-term.h"
+
+// For now, use the variables from readline.  It already handles
+// SIGWINCH, so these values have a good chance of being correct even
+// if the window changes size (they will be wrong if, for example, the
+// luser changes the window size while the pager is running, and the
+// signal is handled by the pager instead of us.
+
+int
+terminal_columns (void)
+{
+#if defined (USE_READLINE)
+  extern int screenwidth;
+  return screenwidth > 0 ? screenwidth : 80;
+#else
+  // XXX FIXME XXX
+  return 80;
+#endif
+}
+
+int
+terminal_rows (void)
+{
+#if defined (USE_READLINE)
+  extern int screenheight;
+  return screenheight > 0 ? screenheight : 24;
+#else
+  // XXX FIXME XXX
+  return 24;
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; page-delimiter: "^/\\*" ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/

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+// oct-term.h                                              -*- C++ -*-
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_oct_term_h)
+#define octave_oct_term_h 1
+
+extern int terminal_columns (void);
+extern int terminal_rows (void);
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; page-delimiter: "^/\\*" ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/