Re: [Bug-apl] Is there a way to clear the screen?

[Frederick H. Pitts]

Blake,

        If you are looking for instant gratification,

⍞ ← (⎕UCS 27), '[2J'

will do the job on any terminal that honors ansi escape sequences.

Regards,

Fred
Retired Chemical Engineer

On Mon, 2014-05-26 at 19:29 -0500, Blake McBride wrote:
> Dear Elias,
> 
> 
> On one hand, I would still love to see a basic ^L ability without
> having to get into external code.
> 
> 
> On the other hand, perhaps I should start to take a look at library
> code.  (I actually have over 20 years of C experience.)  I fear my
> reaction once I see how it works.  I'm sure the possibilities are
> endless.  I haven't even looked at it yet.  Is there a hello world
> sample?
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Blake
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Elias Mårtenson <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>         The correct way to do that is to use the native interface to
>         provide an interface to Curses. It should be fairly trivial to
>         implement. 
>         
>         
>         On 27 May 2014 07:32, "Blake McBride" <address@hidden>
>         wrote:
>         >
>         > If I execute ⎕AV[8] the terminal sounds the bell.  If I type
>         ^L my xterm screen clears.  I need one of the ⎕AV characters
>         to do what ^L does.   That gives me the absolute basics of
>         screen IO.
>         >
>         > Thanks.
>         >
>         > Blake
>         >
>         
>         
>         
> 
>