Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Greg's suggestion is to use $COLUMNS if the width can't be determined
> because the output is not directly to the screen. $COLUMNS is updated
> by many shells.
I think it is best not to look at $COLUMNS at all. If the output is to a
terminal, then use ioctl to query the terminal. And provide a \pset command
to set a width explicitly, which can apply in all cases.
