terminal/console geometry

[Skaperen]

import curses

screen = curses.initscr()
screen.getmaxyx()

It returns a (h, w) tuple

curses.endwin() # at the end of this to restore the normal terminal settings

it works on 2.7.12 so more likely also on 2.4

but the way it messes up the screen may be a show stopper.