Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 20:24:03 -0700 (PDT) From: <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie tip Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905122022410.13759-100000@hades.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <19990511174653.A231@whizkidtech.net>
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On Tue, 11 May 1999, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 01:51:23PM -0700, unknown@riverstyx.net wrote: > > Or put 'clear' in your .logout script. > Yes, but that will clear the screen every time, not only when you want. > > If you hit scroll-lock and hit > > page up, won't that show you what you were doing? > OK, so it won't clear all traces (I just checked, you're right). But it will > still leave the screen clean. I like doing that, not so much to cover up I was > there, but rather when I want to start the next logon with a clean screen. It > helps me keep the screen organized better. If you do want to clear your tracks a little more, switching to a different vconsole and back should do the trick. > > Or is that just a Linux trait? > Actually, I once suggested to a Linux user to hit scroll lock and use the page > up key. He told me it does not work that way under Linux - it just freezes the > screen. Under Linux, it's shift-pgup and shift-pgdn > BTW, did you notice the pause key has the same effect as scroll lock? Although, > it may depend on whichever key map you are using. --- tani hosokawa river styx internet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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