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Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:51 am**

Is there a Lua function to identify which computer I'm using?

getOs() is the closest I've found. It returns "mac" for both computers.

Use case: I have a 27" Mac and a 13" Macbook Air. I'd like my window layout scripts to check which computer (or maximum possible screen resolution?) they are working with and layout the window differently depending on that.

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Thanks!

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:31 pm**

Taken and modified slightly from https://gist.github.com/h1k3r/089d43771bdf811eefe8 to assume instead that 'hostname' is in the path

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function getHostname()
    local f = io.popen ("hostname")
    local hostname = f:read("*a") or ""
    f:close()
    hostname =string.gsub(hostname, "\n$", "")
    return hostname
end

On windows this will very briefly pop up a command window, but on MacOS it shouldn't do that.

That being said, you could skip over all that and just check Mudlet's window size using getMainWindowSize and adjust accordingly. Unless they're the same resolution, in which case yeah, go with the hostname option.

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:03 pm**

If that doesn't work how you want, you could always just make a tiny text file for each computer, and then read the contents.

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:08 pm**

Brilliant thanks - this works perfectly!

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