Fix: OSError in mintty terminal on Windows#598
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Replaced "os.get_terminal_size()" with "shutil.get_terminal_size()" and it works fine. Both $COLUMNS and $LINES are defined. I use Git-Bash: > In Git-for-Windows, mintty is installed by default and invoked as "Git Bash". > > https://mintty.github.io/
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A quick Google on the availability of the two versions and the difference between them makes me think this PR looks good. Thanks!
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Hi! Thank you for maintaining tools in this repository.
I'm using Git Bash on Windows. Git Bash is a mintty terminal 1. The script "macrecovery.py" raised
OSError. I have tried replacingos.get_terminal_size()withshutil.get_terminal_size()and it works! My tests are as follows:After applying this PR:
Before:
Both
$COLUMNSand$LINESare defined. The docs ofshutil.get_terminal_sizesay that it uses these two environment variables 2:The environment:
That script works fine in other terminals on my computer. Hope this PR won't break anything.
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... In Git-for-Windows, mintty is installed by default and invoked as "Git Bash"... | https://mintty.github.io/ ↩
https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.get_terminal_size ↩