[comp.sys.amiga] CLR SCREEN

lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (05/24/90)

In <956@tau.sm.luth.se>, d87-khd@sm.luth.se (Karl-Gunnar Hultland) writes:
>In article <940@tau.sm.luth.se> d88-mbe@sm.luth.se (Michael Bergman) writes:
>>
>>The solution to that *problem* is so simple it is almost embarassing...(?)
>>
>>alias clear echo "^L" noline
>>
>>Of course, shell 1.3 is needed for that. This doesn't take up 128 bytes, BTW.
>
>It depends... If I dont have a shellstartup file that alias will
>cost me 1 block on the WB disk, which leads to the conclusion that as long
>as if is SMALLER than ~500 bytes it'll be no difference the 128 byte prog
>and the alias.

If that alias is done in the startup-sequence, it will not cost you a block.

-larry

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bga@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Bruce Albrecht) (05/28/90)

mapjilg@gdr.bath.ac.uk (J I L Gold) writes:
>Wouldn't it be nice if you could REALLY clear the CLI/Shell ? I 
>always wonder when I use one of the plethora of control sequences
>at one's disposal WHY THE BL**DY PROMPT IS NOT AT THE TOP OF THE
>SCREEN. It's the little things that *really* get ya'.

Personally, I'd rather have the prompt at the bottom of the screen, so that I
can look at all the commands I just entered.

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