once again, just like Linux (and IRIX too)... Hrm, maybe I can just do

something special on Solaris, and make the rest of these things all use
a common file.

arch/FreeBSD/terminfo.c

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * arch/Linux/terminfo.c -- routines for getting terminal
+ * information on Linux machines.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2001, David Lindes.  All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>	/* for ioctl() */
+
+/* globals */
+extern	int rows;
+extern	int cols;
+
+void gettermsize()
+{
+    struct winsize info;
+
+    /* try to get data via IOCTL: */
+    if (ioctl(1 /* stdout */, TIOCGWINSZ, &info) != -1)
+    {
+	/* if successful, and the data seems sane, set the
+	 * program's globals: */
+	if(info.ws_col > 0)
+	    cols = info.ws_col;
+	if(info.ws_row > 0)
+	    rows = info.ws_row;
+    }
+}