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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.


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tani hosokawa
river styx internet






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