From 6a4f0a114d88965c171d0117db68be64b4db9acd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Georgi Valkov <georgi.t.valkov@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:03:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Use `stty size` to find terminal width if we're on linux and
 COLUMNS is not exported

---
 youtube-dl | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index 34a60afffc..251254765b 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -2744,11 +2744,21 @@ def parseOpts():
 
 		return "".join(opts)
 
+	def _find_term_columns():
+		columns = os.environ.get('COLUMNS', None)
+		if columns: return int(columns)
+
+		if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
+			try: columns = os.popen('stty size', 'r').read().split()[1]
+			except: pass
+
+		if columns: return int(columns)
+
 	max_width = 80
 	max_help_position = 80
 
 	# No need to wrap help messages if we're on a wide console
-	columns = os.environ.get('COLUMNS', None)
+	columns = _find_term_columns()
 	if columns: max_width = columns
 
 	fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(width=max_width, max_help_position=max_help_position)