From: kunglao AT prairienet DOT org
Subject: Re: ncurses just won't clear the screen?
24 May 1997 01:38:39 -0700
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> Check your /etc/termcap file to see if you have the updated one. 
> Basic term abilities seem to work now. I got rogue compiled and 
> working just fine. (Although I didn't use ncurses, it comes with a 
> toned down curses implementation)

I copied it straight from /usr/etc.
 
> Try this:
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> int
> main()
> {
> 	printf("\033[2J");
> }
> 
> Compile and run it, if it clears the screen your term has the 
> properties of a proper terminal.
> 
> BTW my $TERM is ansi. I set it in autoexec.bat. I seem to recall when 
> I used linux term it didnt clear my screen either.

That did work perfectly with TERM=linux.  So perhaps it's just 
ncurses that's not doing the screen clears.  That's where the 
clear.exe came from, and many of the test programs aren't working.

BTW, I found that vt200 does work for screen clears.  But then you 
lose things like color.
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