| Title: | "ASK THE WIZARDS" |
| Moderator: | QUARK::LIONEL |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Mon May 12 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1857 |
| Total number of notes: | 3728 |
Return-Path: "VMS001::WWW"@vms001.das-x.dec.com Received: by vmsmkt.zko.dec.com (UCX V4.1-12, OpenVMS V6.2 VAX); Fri, 28 Mar 1997 13:55:28 -0500 Received: from vms001 by mail13.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) id NAA15854; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 13:54:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 13:56:39 -0500 Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: "VMS001::WWW"@vms001.das-x.dec.com (28-Mar-1997 1356) To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Ask the Wizard: '[email protected]' X-VMS-To: [email protected] Remote Host: (null) Browser Type: Mozilla/3.0Gold (Win95; I) Remote Info: <null> Name: Bob Garreau Email Address: [email protected] CPU Architecture: VAX and Alpha Version: v 6.2 Questions: Is there a command to 'clear the screen'
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| 1705.1 | I use "type/page nl:" | HYDRA::NEWMAN | Chuck Newman, 508/467-5499 (DTN 297), MRO1-3/F26 | Tue Apr 08 1997 14:31 | 0 |
| 1705.2 | HOME CLEAR... | BEET::EAGAN | Among the fashion impaired... | Fri Apr 11 1997 22:36 | 8 |
This is what I have in my LOGIN.COM
$ homclr[0,8] == %x9b ! CSI Cursor
$ homclr[8,8] == %x48 ! "H" Home
$ homclr[16,8] == %x9b ! CSI Cursor
$ homclr[24,8] == %x4a ! "J" Clear to End of Screen
$ c :== write sys$output homclr
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| 1705.3 | for chagrins... | CUJO::SAMPSON | Fri Apr 11 1997 22:50 | 4 | |
Or, even more cryptically: $ homclr[0,32] == %x4a9b489b $ c :== write sys$output homclr | |||||
| 1705.4 | MOVIES::WIDDOWSON | Rod OpenVMS Engineering. Project Rock | Sun Apr 13 1997 11:21 | 4 | |
.2 and .3 are hardwired tp a specific terminal (family) type. I guess
that everything is VT220 compatible these days. But I'm suirwe I
remember a time when these sequences put some terminals into lock
keyborad or some such friendly mode....
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