From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 30 18:54:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D156F14CBE for ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:54:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA11170; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:53:57 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:53:57 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Doug Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports LEGAL Message-ID: <19990630205357.I26878@futuresouth.com> References: <19990701084530.A60540@gurney.reilly.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug on Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 04:13:29PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [ 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. -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller MF4839 http://www.over-yonder.net/ | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message