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+ | # $EPIC: geom.txt,v 1.3 2006/08/01 03:26:48 sthalik Exp $ | ||
+ | ======Synopsis:====== | ||
+ | $__geom__() \\ | ||
+ | $__geom__(<winref>) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Technical:====== | ||
+ | * In the first case, the screen of the client's global current window is used. | ||
+ | * In the second case, the screen of the given window refnum is used. | ||
+ | * In both cases, the return value is two numbers, the first is the number of columns and the second is the number of lines on the screen. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Practical:====== | ||
+ | This function is mostly useful by providing the screen width. This | ||
+ | could be used by a script to determine how wide it should format its | ||
+ | output. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Returns:====== | ||
+ | <file> | ||
+ | X Y "X" is screen's column width, "Y" is screen's line height | ||
+ | </file> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======History:====== | ||
+ | This function first appeared in EPIC3pre7. | ||
+ | Support for the <winref> argument first appeared in EPIC4-1.1.8. | ||