Thanks a lot! Instant gratification - I love it! Blake
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Frederick H. Pitts <fred.pi...@comcast.net>wrote: > 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 <loke...@gmail.com> > > 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" <blake1...@gmail.com> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >