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From: "Town, Brad" <btown AT ceddec DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: RE: 'clear' does not clear entire screen (affects vim also)
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:16:29 -0500
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The trouble appears to be due to the way it calculates how many spaces to
clear.  I'll look into it and submit a patch.

Brad Town


> Problem:  Bottom portion of screen is not cleared by 'clear' 
> if the visible
> screen width is less than the actual (buffer) screen width.  This also
> affects vim because the bottom portion of screen in vim is not cleared
> before redrawing.  This leaves the existing characters on the 
> screen in the
> areas where no next is written (i.e. after the ends of lines and blank
> lines).
> 
> To reproduce the problem:
> 
> 1. From any bash shell, resize the window narrower so that a scrollbar
> appears at the bottom of the screen.
> 2. vim a file or run 'clear'
> 
> Win2000
> version 1.1.4
> 
> Jim Hickey
> jim_hickey AT hp DOT com

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