[3.12] gh-107008: Document the curses module variables LINES and COLS (GH-107011) by miss-islington · Pull Request #107057 · python/cpython

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.. function:: update_lines_cols()
Update :envvar:`LINES` and :envvar:`COLS`. Useful for detecting manual screen resize. Update the :const:`LINES` and :const:`COLS` module variables. Useful for detecting manual screen resize.
.. versionadded:: 3.5
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The maximum number of colors the terminal can support. It is defined only after the call to :func:`start_color`.
.. data:: COLOR_PAIRS
The maximum number of color pairs the terminal can support. It is defined only after the call to :func:`start_color`.
.. data:: COLS
The width of the screen, i.e., the number of columns. It is defined only after the call to :func:`initscr`. Updated by :func:`update_lines_cols`, :func:`resizeterm` and :func:`resize_term`.
.. data:: LINES
The height of the screen, i.e., the number of lines. It is defined only after the call to :func:`initscr`. Updated by :func:`update_lines_cols`, :func:`resizeterm` and :func:`resize_term`.

Some constants are available to specify character cell attributes. The exact constants available are system dependent. Expand Down