import curses scr = curses.initscr() curses.use_env(False) while True: y, x = scr.getmaxyx() scr.addstr(0, 0, '{0}, {1}\n'.format(curses.LINES, curses.COLS)) scr.addstr(1, 0, '{0}, {1}\n'.format(y, x)) scr.refresh()