Set the current terminal window size.

[Zibri]

What is the problem this feature will solve?

As we know, to get the actual window size, we can do:

process.stdout.on('resize', () => {
  console.log(`${process.stdout.columns}x${process.stdout.rows}`);
 }

As far as I know there is not the opposite: a way to set the window size programmatically.
Setting process.stdout.rows and process.stdout.columns sort of works but does not really change the window size.

What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?

process.stdout.setRows(40);
and
process.stdout.setColumns(80);

to physically resize the window (tty/pty).

What alternatives have you considered?

No response

[RedYetiDev]

AFAIK there isn't a way to do this natively, as different terminals support different operations

[Zibri]

AFAIK there isn't a way to do this natively, as different terminals support different operations

node-pty can do that. but it would be great to have it in node. at least for the main terminals, windows, linux, macos, msys2, cygwin, etc.
afaik, only windows have some quirks.. everything else works fine. but node-pty is a pita ...

[RedYetiDev]

node-pty uses custom native bindings. I am -1 on implementing new bindings to accommodate this feature, but I'm not the decider, so I'd love another opinion.

[RedYetiDev]

@nodejs/process WDYT?