[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ncurses: resize console if required

[Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon]

The following patch instructs qemu to print an escape command to resize the
curses console to 80x25 if detected to have a different geometry (xterm and
friends use 80x24 by default).

Carlo

---
Index: curses.c
===================================================================
--- curses.c    (revision 4274)
+++ curses.c    (working copy)
@@ -367,6 +367,11 @@
 
     invalidate = 1;
 
+    /* check size of console and try to adjust if needed */
+    getmaxyx(stdscr, gheight, gwidth);
+    if ((gwidth != 80) || (gheight != 25)) {
+       printf("\033[8;25;80t");
+    }
     /* Standard VGA initial text mode dimensions */
     curses_resize(ds, 80, 25);
 }