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Hi, how do I grab the Shell's/Console 's (visible area) width and height in characters, from a C program that is executed in that console, please?

(PS: Sorry if I'm asking this question in the wrong forum...)

michael wrote: and is the good-working software in that case undoing the typed in string content and displaying the "correct" input again? or is the "not-conformed" content still visible in that case? i actually guess the latter. which makes it, well, broken in my opinion. *if* ...

@Raziel

I managed start some games, I get it now!

Thanks for you help Raziel

@xenic

I second you. I never got my UAE to run well, now when I think of it.

Kind of same symptoms as xenic, any help welcomed.

@JosDuchIt Left "Uppercase"? Oh, you mean left shift (arrow on mac-keyboard).. And marking a block..... Yay, I managed to copy text from an AmigaGuide :D Little unaccustomed way to mark (for me) but it works, thank you very much JosDuchIt :) PS: However, my offer still stands to donate €10...

@ssolie

ssolie wrote:We already discussed this ages ago amongst the development team. The concept of a "Home" is planned to be added at some point.

Oky, sounds good

I'm not against one (movable) default drawer like Home, but I'm not that sure about a whole directory structure. I always avoid these pre-made dirs like Documents, Downloads, Music, Videos on Windows because these are put up in the "wrong place" or are duplicated. I already have these set ...

Rigo wrote:Yes, this has already been addressed, and is currently being tested.

Nice

@JosDuchIt

Thanks for the tip, nice program, however I didn't manage to copy text with it either :/...

@chris

> MultiView does allow to copy from AmigaGuide but only the whole page.

Yep :-S