From: pedro mg <_nospam_seti@...>
Date: 2007-02-11T08:55:12+09:00
Subject: Re: ENV['COLUMNS']

akbarhome wrote:
> On Feb 10, 3:48 pm, pedro mg <_nospam_s...@tquadrado.com> wrote:
>> in irb I can have access to ENV['COLUMNS'] for the # of columns in the
>> shell, and works fine.
>> But inside a script (ruby script.rb), I can't have access to that hash
>> key and value.
>> I've done a:
> 
> Because when you play with irb, it is clear that you use terminal/
> console so ENV['COLUMNS'] does matter. But when you execute ruby
> script, it is not clear whether this ruby script need terminal so
> ENV['COLUMNS'] does not matter.

sorry but that seems not to be a satisfactory explanation.
Just because it is not clear whether the ruby script needs terminal, 
that features is cutted out ?

In this case, i need to know the # of terminal window columns for my 
terminal client app. So, it matters.
Is there any way to get it ?

-- 
pedro mg
ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i486-linux]
ubuntu linux edgy-eft 2.6.17-10-386 #2