diff -r b76c819df66f st.c
--- a/st.c	Tue Jan 11 23:33:21 2011 +0100
+++ b/st.c	Thu Jan 27 17:12:21 2011 +0100
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #define USAGE \
 	"st-" VERSION ", (c) 2010 st engineers\n" \
-	"usage: st [-t title] [-c class] [-e cmd] [-v]\n"
+	"usage: st [-t title] [-c class] [-g COLSxROWS] [-e cmd] [-v]\n"
 
 /* Arbitrary sizes */
 #define ESC_TITLE_SIZ 256
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@
 static char **opt_cmd  = NULL;
 static char *opt_title = NULL;
 static char *opt_class = NULL;
+static int opt_rows    = 24;
+static int opt_cols    = 80;
 
 int
 utf8decode(char *s, long *u) {
@@ -1522,8 +1524,8 @@
 	xloadcols();
 
 	/* window - default size */
-	xw.bufh = 24 * xw.ch;
-	xw.bufw = 80 * xw.cw;
+	xw.bufh = opt_rows * xw.ch;
+	xw.bufw = opt_cols * xw.cw;
 	xw.h = xw.bufh + 2*BORDER;
 	xw.w = xw.bufw + 2*BORDER;
 
@@ -1860,6 +1862,9 @@
 		case 'c':
 			if(++i < argc) opt_class = argv[i];
 			break;
+		case 'g':
+			if(++i < argc) sscanf(argv[i], "%dx%d", &opt_cols, &opt_rows);
+			break;
 		case 'e':
 			if(++i < argc) opt_cmd = &argv[i];
 			break;
@@ -1872,7 +1877,7 @@
 			break;
 	}
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
-	tnew(80, 24);
+	tnew(opt_cols, opt_rows);
 	ttynew();
 	xinit();
 	selinit();