[cs631apue] Fwd: Some questions on midterm....

[Jan Schaumann]

Tejas Nadkarni <tnadkarn at stevens.edu> wrote:
> Ok I'm currently reading the terminal window size so it changes as the user
> modifies the window size. Should I change that to only read the environment
> variable?

The environment variable should change when your terminal window
changes, so using the variable would work in both cases.  Using the
terminal window size as a fallback in case the environment variable is
bogus or unset would be a good idea.

-Jan