Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:53:57 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports LEGAL Message-ID: <19990630205357.I26878@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906301606500.4384-100000@dt054n86.san.rr.com>; from Doug on Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 04:13:29PM -0700 References: <19990701084530.A60540@gurney.reilly.home> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906301606500.4384-100000@dt054n86.san.rr.com>
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[ Deflect another ravel of this thread to -chat ]
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 04:13:29PM -0700, a little birdie told me
that Doug remarked
> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Andrew Reilly wrote:
> >
> > Why would any cls implementation be any nicer than the "clear"
> > command that's been in Unix since we graduated from hardcopy
> > terminals? (Well, maybe not that long, but it's been a while.)
>
> This whole concept originated from a discussion on the -newbies
> list about how to clear the scroll back buffer from a console terminal.
> The 'clear' command does not do that.
I, for one, don't consider 'filled with blanks' == 'cleared'. I have a
special option on my xterm menus to clear the scrollback, and it empties
it out. And it'll take a lot of {1...100} to fill up 4096 lines of
scrollback, as well.
> Also, I agree that a collection of "Stupid user tricks" (sorry
> Dave :) like this would be a good thing, however I don't think that the
> ports are the place for it. How about some handbook pages?
/me refrains from commenting in the interest of protecting his
self-esteem.
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