tgcpwd@rw9.urc.tue.nl (Wim van Dorst) (02/25/91)
In article <6854@munnari.oz.au> bevan@ecr.mu.oz.au (Bevan Johnson ANDERSON) writes: >How I tell the MINIX console to clear the screen? >What escape sequences to I use? <esc> [ H <esc> [ J <esc>[H to move the cursor to left upper corner <esc>[J to clear the screen from the cursor to the right lower corner nb. Some version also accept "<esc> [ 2 J" to clear the entire screen, e.g the virtual console driver does. Met vriendelijke groeten, Wim 'BLue Baron' van Dorst -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Baron = Wim van Dorst, Voice (+31) 074-443937, (+31) 02152-42319 (-: baron@wiesje.hobby.nl tgcpwd@urc.tue.nl :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
peter@pa3ebv.nl.mugnet.org (Peter J. de Vrijer) (03/02/91)
In article <6854@munnari.oz.au>, bevan@ecr.mu.oz.au (Bevan Johnson ANDERSON) wrote: > Hi All. > > How I tell the MINIX console to clear the screen? > What escape sequences to I use? Well here Minix virtual terminals are the same as vt100 (I think). So I use <ESC>[H<ESC>[J<ESC>[H [H sends the cursor home [J clears the screen from the cursor to the end This works perfectly on my system. > > Thanks in advance, No problem. Regards from Peter.