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On Wednesday 06 October 2004 17:41, Marco Gerards wrote:
> > grub_getsize is ambiguous (size of what?) and grub_getgeometry
> > suggests a function to get the geometry of a GUI window,
> > grub_get_term_size is better. What do you think?
>
> How about getdimensions?  That is the term that is used in the Hurd.

I don't like getdimensions, since dimensions can be read as the number 
of axes. I vote for grub_getgeometry. Since GRUB does not have a window 
system, I don't think it is ambiguous.

Okuji