Re: [9front] patch ssh.c extract window resolution

[Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>]

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> this means the environment variables ssh expects from vt dont exist. as =
a re=3D
> sult some unix apps like ls and man don=3DE2=3D80=3D99t format their out=
put correc=3D
> tly. this patch allows them to work as expected

In my UNIX .env (only sourced for "interactive" shells), if $TERM
is unset I set TERM=3Ddumb, PAGER=3D'col -b', and EDITOR=3Ded.  That seems
to get around most of the terminal-related issues.  And if you need
more than 80 columns of output, setting cols via stty(1) will take
care of that for programs that pay attention.

I also have a tiny UNIX program that prints column rulers, to help
with this sort of thing.

--lyndon

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/* ruler [cols] -- print a column-count ruler */

#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>

int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{

	int cols, rows, i, j, skip;
	char *buf, *p;

	cols = -1;
	if (argc > 1) {
		cols = atoi(argv[1]);
		if (cols == 0)
			exit(1);
	}
	if (cols == -1) {
		struct winsize ws;
		if (ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws) == -1)
			exit(1);
		if (ws.ws_col > 0)
			cols = ws.ws_col;
	}
	if (cols <= 0)
		cols = 80;
		
	buf = malloc(cols + 1);
	if (buf == NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr, "out of memory");
		exit(1);
	}

	rows = log10(cols);
	for (i = rows; i >= 0 ; i--) {
		skip = pow(10, i);
		p = buf;
		for (j = 1; j <= cols; j++) {
			if (j % skip)
				*p++ = ' ';
			else
				sprintf(p++, "%d", (j / skip) % 10);
		}
		buf[cols] = '\0';
		printf("%s\n", buf);
	}
	exit(0);
}