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From: MCGUIRE@GRIN1.BITNET ("The Sysco Kid ", McGuire,Ed)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: terminal width
Message-ID: <8807071845.AA26809@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 5 Jul 88 15:41:09 GMT
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Joern,

The $GETDVI item code for the terminal width is DVI$_DEVBUFSIZ.  This code
returns the device buffer size.  The terminal's width is defined by its buffer
size.  This is documented in the $GETDVI section of the System Services
Reference Manual.

Ed