Function _detect_screen_size

IPython/core/page.py:80–125

Attempt to work out the number of lines on the screen. This is called by page(). It can raise an error (e.g. when run in the test suite), so it's separated out so it can easily be called in a try block.

(screen_lines_def)

        print(last_escape + os.linesep.join(screens[-1]))

def _detect_screen_size(screen_lines_def):
    """Attempt to work out the number of lines on the screen.

    This is called by page(). It can raise an error (e.g. when run in the
    test suite), so it's separated out so it can easily be called in a try block.
    """
    TERM = os.environ.get('TERM',None)
    if not((TERM=='xterm' or TERM=='xterm-color') and sys.platform != 'sunos5'):
        # curses causes problems on many terminals other than xterm, and
        # some termios calls lock up on Sun OS5.
        return screen_lines_def
    
    try:
        import termios
        import curses
    except ImportError:
        return screen_lines_def
    
    # There is a bug in curses, where *sometimes* it fails to properly
    # initialize, and then after the endwin() call is made, the
    # terminal is left in an unusable state.  Rather than trying to
    # check every time for this (by requesting and comparing termios
    # flags each time), we just save the initial terminal state and
    # unconditionally reset it every time.  It's cheaper than making
    # the checks.
    try:
        term_flags = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdout)
    except termios.error as err:
        # can fail on Linux 2.6, pager_page will catch the TypeError
        raise TypeError('termios error: {0}'.format(err))

    try:
        scr = curses.initscr()
    except AttributeError:
        # Curses on Solaris may not be complete, so we can't use it there
        return screen_lines_def
    
    screen_lines_real,screen_cols = scr.getmaxyx()
    curses.endwin()

    # Restore terminal state in case endwin() didn't.
    termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdout,termios.TCSANOW,term_flags)
    # Now we have what we needed: the screen size in rows/columns
    return screen_lines_real
    #print '***Screen size:',screen_lines_real,'lines x',\
    #screen_cols,'columns.' # dbg

def pager_page(strng, start=0, screen_lines=0, pager_cmd=None):
    """Display a string, piping through a pager after a certain length.