// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux,!appengine netbsd openbsd package readline import ( "syscall" "unsafe" ) type winsize struct { Row uint16 Col uint16 Xpixel uint16 Ypixel uint16 } // get width of the terminal func getWidth() int { ws := &winsize{} retCode, _, errno := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_IOCTL, uintptr(StdoutFd), uintptr(syscall.TIOCGWINSZ), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(ws))) if int(retCode) == -1 { panic(errno) } return int(ws.Col) }