EC_EDITLINE_TERM_SIZE(3)

✨ EC_EDITLINE_TERM_SIZE(3) ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Libecoli Programmer's Manual — yes, that one, the EC_EDITLINE_TERM_SIZE(3) one, and honestly? it's giving "short but essential." 🎀

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💖 NAME 💖

ec_editline_term_size — get terminal width and height.

like. the terminal's actual size. how many columns, how many rows. that's it, that's the whole job, and it does it flawlessly. 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ecoli/editline.h>

int ec_editline_term_size(
    const struct ec_editline   *editline,  /* The pointer to the ec_editline structure. */
    /*
     * The pointer where the number of columns is stored on success.
     */
    unsigned int               *width,
    /*
     * The pointer where the number of rows is stored on success.
     */
    unsigned int               *height
);

so you're passing in your editline pointer, plus two unsigned int pointers — one where the column count lands, one where the row count lands. both of them only get filled in on success, so like, don't go reading them if it flopped. 💅

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🌸 RETURN VALUE 🌸

• 0 — slay, it worked. ✨
• -1 — error, bestie. 😭 and in this case, the value pointed by width and height are not modified. so they stay exactly how you left them. no sneaky half-written numbers, no chaos. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr — go read these too:

• ec_editline_get_el(3)
• ec_editline_set_prompt(3)
• ec_editline_complete(3)
• ec_editline_set_prompt_esc(3)
• ec_editline_parse(3)
• ec_editline_free(3)
• ec_editline_gets(3)
• ec_editline_interact(3)
• ec_editline_set_node(3)
• ec_editline_set_history(3)
• ec_editline(3)
• ec_editline_get_node(3)
• ec_editline_curline(3)

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry.

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no cap: every flag, every pointer, every return value up there is exactly as written. don't come for me, I keep the facts immaculate. 💖

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and that's the tea, bestie 🫶 — this one's from libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and it lives at EC_EDITLINE_TERM_SIZE(3). go resize a terminal and feel powerful. 🦋⭐💜