Subject: Re: ncurses/termcap, just won't clear the screen?
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22 May 1997 17:52:06 -0700
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<SNIP>
> With the new /etc/termcap from b18, I do an "export TERM=linux"
> in bash, and then hit a control-l to clear.
> 
> Under Windows NT, the right thing happens.  Under Windows 95, however
> I see the behavior [email-masked] reports where the
> prompt is moved but the old text doesn't get erased.

Umm, this is great if you're just in bash, but what about programs 
that try to clear the screen like say NcFTP? And why did this
work in B17.x?
 
> -- 
> Geoffrey Noer
> [email-masked]
WinNT and *nix rule, so learn from the past:
Hiroshima '45, Vietnam '64, Tjernobyl '86, MacOS '96
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