From: alex!@bigfoot.com ("Hmmmz") Subject: Re: ncurses/termcap, just won't clear the screen? 22 May 1997 17:52:06 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199705220232.TAA25993.cygnus.gnu-win32@mom.hooked.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Comments: Authenticated sender is Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, kunglao AT prairienet DOT org X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.33) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > 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 kunglao AT prairienet DOT org 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 > noer AT cygnus DOT com WinNT and *nix rule, so learn from the past: Hiroshima '45, Vietnam '64, Tjernobyl '86, MacOS '96 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".