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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting size of the terminal window Post 302410119 by Gengis-Kahn on Sunday 4th of April 2010 05:26:06 PM
Old 04-04-2010
size of the terminal window

Hi,

I am programming a script that shows a figure on screen but I would be centered, so What I have to use command to get the size of the window?


Thanks a lot,
 

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XScreenSaver(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   XScreenSaver(1)

NAME
lissie - lissajous figure. SYNOPSIS
lissie [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-count number] [-cycles number] [-delay number] [-ncolors number] [-size number] DESCRIPTION
Another Lissajous figure. This one draws the progress of circular shapes along a path. OPTIONS
-visual visual Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -count number Count. 0 - 20. Default: 1. -cycles number Timeout. 0 - 800000. Default: 2000. -delay number Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 10000 (0.01 seconds.). -ncolors number Number of Colors. Default: 64. -size number Size. -500 to +500. Default: -200. ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1) COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 by Alexander Jolk. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. AUTHOR
Alexander Jolk. X Version 11 XScreenSaver(1)
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