Re: Clearing the COMPLETE screen.

["Richard Quadling" <rquadling at googlemail dot com>]

Hi.

Thanks for the reply.

2 comments.

1 - If I add alias cls='cmd -c cls' to my .bashrc file
(logout/login/cls), I get ...

RichardQ@richardquadling ~
$ cls
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

<24/02/2006 12:34:32 D:\cygwin\home\RichardQ>

I then have to type exit to get back to cygwin.

e.g.

RichardQ@richardquadling ~
$ cls
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

<24/02/2006 12:34:32 D:\cygwin\home\RichardQ>exit

RichardQ@richardquadling ~
$ cls
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

<24/02/2006 12:34:52 D:\cygwin\home\RichardQ>exit

RichardQ@richardquadling ~
$

In other words, this is not working for me.


2 - What do you mean by CYGWIN=notty? This looks like an environment
variable. I've not got one set called CYGWIN. Should I?



On 24/02/06, Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> wrote:
> On 24 February 2006 12:11, Richard Quadling wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm using Cygwin and have the clear package installed (1.0-2 according
> > the cygcheck.out file).
> >
> > When I run clear, my screen clears! Keep reading!!!!
> >
> > I run Cygwin in a window on Windows XP. The window is BIG (I like big
> > windows). There is also a nice long scrollbar on the side so I can
> > scroll up and down for a LOT of output.
> >
> > The trouble is, clear only clears what I would call the visible part
> > of the window.
> >
> > Is there a way to clear the entire window? That is including the bits
> > which you can see when you scroll up again?
>
>
>   How bizarre.  For me, clear does blank the whole lot but it doesn't return
> the cursor to the 'top-of-screen'; after running clear, I can still scroll up,
> but all I see is blank stuff.  That's in a bash shell in a DOS box with
> CYGWIN=notty BTW.  I generally use a line like this:
>
> alias cls='cmd -c cls'
>
> in my .bashrc to provide a handy clear-everything command.
>
>
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
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