Re: Clear screan question
from the secret journal of Andy Bastien (lists@yuggoth.net):
> These ANSI codes do only clear the screen when the user logs out,
> which was the original question. At some point somebody interpreted it
> to be about clearing the scrollback buffer, and things have been going
> off on that tangent ever since. FWIW, I posted these ANSI codes about
> two days ago and also noted that they don't work at all if you don't
> have an ANSI terminal.
>
which is why .bash_logout in potato makes a call to clear if the user is on
a vt. is there some reason why people aren't happy using that to clear the
visible screen?
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