Re: Clearing the screen

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From: Stephen Baynes
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 07:37

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KENNETH MILES (kenneth.miles@almac.co.uk) wrote:
: The problem is that I can't find any command to clear the screen apart
: from the ANSI escape sequence but for this to work ANSI has to be
: loaded.

Within the scope of this newsgroup the only language feature that can 
be used for clearing the screen is to print a form feed [ putchar( '\f' ) ].
However the ANSI C standard does not require that the output device respond
in any useful way.

Using the ANSI escape sequence as you have tried is also a good way of
clearing the screen. However it is up to you to ensure you are using
a conforming display.

Anything beyond that is OS or hardware specific and you will need to
make your request in the apropriate newsgroup.

--
Stephen Baynes                              baynes@mulsoc2.serigate.philips.nl
Philips Semiconductors Ltd
Southampton                                 My views are my own.
United Kingdom

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