Add pippy.console.size() to get rows/cols, make "thanks" use it.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/data/string/thanks b/data/string/thanks
index c771192..406f1d5 100644
--- a/data/string/thanks
+++ b/data/string/thanks
@@ -22,12 +22,18 @@ import random, time
 from pippy.console import *
 from textwrap import fill
 
+# Determine the number of columns in our window in 
+# order to wrap text to that width -- this changes 
+# when we run as a standalone activity instead of 
+# inside the output pane.
+lines, cols = size().split(" ")
+
 while True:
     reset()
-    print fill("OLPC would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the community of people and projects that have made the XO laptop possible.", 68)
+    print fill("OLPC would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the community of people and projects that have made the XO laptop possible.", int(cols))
 
     subsystem = random.choice(table.keys())
     random.choice([red, green, orange, blue, purple, cyan])()
-    print '\n', fill("%s:    %s" % (subsystem, table[subsystem]), 68)
+    print '\n', fill("%s:    %s" % (subsystem, table[subsystem]), int(cols))
 
     time.sleep(3)
diff --git a/library/pippy/console.py b/library/pippy/console.py
index 1a00c89..3500093 100644
--- a/library/pippy/console.py
+++ b/library/pippy/console.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 """Console helpers for pippy."""
-import sys
+import sys, commands
 def clear():
     """Clear screen on console."""
     # magic escape sequence
     sys.stdout.write('\x1B[H\x1B[J')
 
+def size():
+    """Return the number of rows/columns in the current VTE widget."""
+    return commands.getoutput("stty size")
+
 def red():
     """Change text color to red."""
     # magic escape sequence.