diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 75a22a2..b0f2dcb 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.3
+3.0.4
diff --git a/doc/USAGE.md b/doc/USAGE.md
index 86fb47a..b101bab 100644
--- a/doc/USAGE.md
+++ b/doc/USAGE.md
@@ -605,8 +605,18 @@ For each passed argument checks if it's installed.
 
 
 
+* [output.screen-width.actual()](#outputscreen-widthactual)
+* [output.screen-height.actual()](#outputscreen-heightactual)
 * [section()](#section)
 
+### `output.screen-width.actual()`
+
+OS-independent way to determine screen width.
+
+### `output.screen-height.actual()`
+
+OS-independent way to determine screen height.
+
 ### `section()`
 
 Prints a "arrow-like" line using powerline characters
@@ -1839,20 +1849,6 @@ Prints values of all variables starting with prefixes in args
 
 
 
----
-
-
-## File `lib/background.sh`
-
-# lib/background.sh
-
-
-Run a bunch of jobs on the background and wait for their completion
-
-
-
-
-
 ---
 
 
diff --git a/doc/USAGE.pdf b/doc/USAGE.pdf
index be0c762..190d158 100644
Binary files a/doc/USAGE.pdf and b/doc/USAGE.pdf differ
diff --git a/lib/output.sh b/lib/output.sh
index 4955956..94fbb2e 100644
--- a/lib/output.sh
+++ b/lib/output.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,30 @@ function output.reset-min-max-width() {
 
 output.reset-min-max-width
 
+# @description OS-independent way to determine screen width.
+output.screen-width.actual() {
+  local w
+  util.os
+  if [[ ${AppCurrentOS} =~ darwin ]]; then
+    w="$(.output.stty.field columns)"
+  elif [[ ${AppCurrentOS} =~ linux ]]; then
+    w="$(stty -a 2>/dev/null | grep columns | awk '{print $7}' | sedx 's/;//g')"
+  fi
+  printf -- "%d" "$w"
+}
+
+# @description OS-independent way to determine screen height.
+output.screen-height.actual() {
+  local h
+  util.os
+  if [[ ${AppCurrentOS} =~ darwin ]]; then
+    h="$(.output.stty.field rows)"
+  elif [[ ${AppCurrentOS} =~ linux ]]; then
+    h="$(stty -a 2>/dev/null | grep rows | awk '{print $5}' | sedx 's/;//g')"
+  fi
+  printf -- "%d" "$h"
+}
+
 function output.constrain-screen-width() {
   export LibOutput__WidthDetectionStrategy="constrained"
   [[ $1 -gt 0 ]] && output.set-max-width "$1"
@@ -105,7 +129,6 @@ cursor.restore() {
   printf "\e[u"
 }
 
-
 output.print-at-x-y() {
   local x=$1
   shift
@@ -136,29 +159,26 @@ output.color.off() {
 
 .output.stty.field() {
   local field="$1"
-  stty -a 2>/dev/null| grep "${field}" | tr -d ';' | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -B 1 "${field}" | head -1
+  stty -a 2>/dev/null | grep "${field}" | tr -d ';' | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -B 1 "${field}" | head -1
 }
 
-
 .output.current-screen-width.unconstrained() {
-  local w
-  util.os
   if output.is-pipe; then
     printf -- '%d' "${LibOutput__MaxWidth:-80}"
   else
-    if [[ ${AppCurrentOS} =~ darwin ]]; then
-      w="$(.output.stty.field columns)"
-    elif [[ ${AppCurrentOS} =~ linux ]]; then
-      w="$(stty -a 2>/dev/null | grep columns | awk '{print $7}' | sedx 's/;//g')"
-    fi
-    printf -- "%d" "$w"
+    output.screen-width.actual
   fi
+
 }
 
 screen.width.actual() {
   .output.current-screen-width.unconstrained
 }
 
+screen.height.actual() {
+  .output.screen-height
+}
+
 .output.current-screen-width.constrained() {
   local w=$(.output.current-screen-width.unconstrained)
 
@@ -207,14 +227,7 @@ screen.width.actual() {
 }
 
 .output.screen-height() {
-  util.os
-  local h
-  if [[ ${AppCurrentOS} =~ darwin ]]; then
-    h="$(.output.stty.field rows)"
-  elif [[ ${AppCurrentOS} =~ linux ]]; then
-    h="$(stty -a 2>/dev/null | grep rows | awk '{print $5}' | sedx 's/;//g')"
-  fi
-
+  local h=$(output.screen-height.actual)
   [[ -z ${h} ]] && h=${LibOutput__MinHeight}
   [[ ${h} -lt ${LibOutput__MinHeight} ]] && h=${LibOutput__MinHeight}
   printf -- $((h - 2))
@@ -397,7 +410,7 @@ ascii-clean() {
 
 .output.width() {
   local w=$(screen.width)
-  printf "%d" $((w  - 4))
+  printf "%d" $((w - 4))
 }
 
 .output.left-as-is() {
@@ -405,13 +418,15 @@ ascii-clean() {
 }
 
 .output.left-as-is.black-text() {
-  local bg="${1}"; shift  # bar  background
-  local tfg="${1}"; shift # text foreground
+  local bg="${1}"
+  shift # bar  background
+  local tfg="${1}"
+  shift # text foreground
   local text="$*"
 
   local len=${#text}
-  len=$(( len + 5 ))
-  local tlen=$(( len - 5 ))
+  len=$((len + 5))
+  local tlen=$((len - 5))
   text="$(printf -- "%${tlen}.${tlen}s" "${text}")"
 
   local fg="${txtblk}"
@@ -440,7 +455,7 @@ ascii-clean() {
   local text="$*"
   printf "\n${color}"
   if output.is-terminal; then
-    local width=$(( $(.output.width) - 4 ))
+    local width=$(($(.output.width) - 4))
     printf -- "    %-${width}.${width}s${clr}\n\n" "${text}"
   else
     printf -- " ❯❯ %-${width}.${width}s${clr}\n\n" "${text}"
@@ -650,4 +665,3 @@ ui.closer.kind-of-ok:() {
   ui.closer.kind-of-ok $@
   echo
 }
-
diff --git a/test/output_test.bats b/test/output_test.bats
index 110e38c..4b805f2 100644
--- a/test/output_test.bats
+++ b/test/output_test.bats
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source lib/output.sh
 source lib/color.sh
 source lib/util.sh
 
-set +e
+set -e
 
 @test "ascii-pipe() should remove color and other escape sequences from STDIN" {
   set -e
@@ -31,3 +31,15 @@ set +e
   [[ ${is_pipe} -eq 1 ]]
 } 
 
+@test "output.screen-width.actual()" {
+  export COLUMNS=120
+  local w=$(output.screen-width.actual)
+  [[ $w -eq  0 ]]
+}
+
+@test "output.screen.height.actual()" {
+  export ROWS=20
+  local h=$(output.screen-width.actual)
+  [[ $h -eq 0 ]]
+}
+