# Curses replacement for JRuby?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/curses-replacement-for-jruby/146467>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 21, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/curses-replacement-for-jruby/146467 "2008-08-21T12:56:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michal_S)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/curses-replacement-for-jruby/146467/1 "2008-08-21T12:56:23Z")

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Hello

Is there some replacement for Curses in JRuby?

All I really want is the ability to tell how large is my terminal. The  
Ruby Curses extension is useless for writing text on the terminal  
anyway, at least for text containing multibyte characters.

Thanks

Michal