[Mingw-msys] Re: Silly Question: How does one "Clear Screen" in MSYS rxvt?

[Soren A <sor...@fa...>]

Earnie Boyd <ear...@ya...> wrote in 
news:3D6...@ya...:

> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 06:50:46 -0400
> Ranjit Mathew wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> The subject says it all - I've tried 'cls', 'clear',
>> 'clrscr', etc. and none of them work. The only recourse
>> for me has been to define an alias like this:
>>
>> alias cls='echo ^[[H^[[J'
>>
> alias cls='echo -n ^[[2J'
> 
> Note, however, it doesn't clear the history buffer above the visible
> screen.

Right. As I've just posted under a new Subject:, our Holy Grail is:

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  | #  clear the rxvt screen.      |
  | alias clear="echo -ne '\033c'" |
  | alias cls="echo -ne '\033c'"   |
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IOW, typing `echo -ne '\033c'' directly into rxvt will reset the buffer.

  Better late than never,
    Soren A