Resize the terminal with Python?

Question

I couldn\'t find anything with a quick Google search, nor anything on here, saving for this. However, it doesn\'t do the trick. So how exactly do you resize the ter

Answer 1

To change the tty/pty setting you have to use an ioctl on the stdin file descriptor.

import termios
import struct
import fcntl

def set_winsize(fd, row, col, xpix=0, ypix=0):
    winsize = struct.pack("HHHH", row, col, xpix, ypix)
    fcntl.ioctl(fd, termios.TIOCSWINSZ, winsize)

But to change the actual window size you can use terminal escape sequences, but not all terminals support or enable that feature. If you're using urxvt you can do this:

import sys
sys.stdout.write("\x1b[8;{rows};{cols}t".format(rows=32, cols=100))

But that may not work on all terminals.