From: falconer@best.com (Edward A. Falk)
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to clear screen ??
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 11:43:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3846c8c8$0$219@nntp1.ba.best.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38444023_1@news2.prserv.net>
In article <38444023_1@news2.prserv.net>, Pete Mullins <pmullin@ibm.net> wrote:
>
>Martijn <nobody@nowhere.org> wrote in message
> news:820mu3$qv5v$1@reader3.wxs.nl ...
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm a gcc newbe
>> As in the subject: What is the command (or perhaps: trick) to clear your
>> screen while running gcc in your terminal-mode?
>>
>
>The vt200 code is: esc [ 2 j (no spaces)
Very bad practice unless you know for a fact that the program will
*never* be run on anything but vt200-compatible terminals.
Right way to do this is to learn to use libtermcap. Easy way to
do this is to call system("clear") as another poster has suggested.
--
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From: falconer@best.com (Edward A. Falk)
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to clear screen ??
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 22:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3846c8c8$0$219@nntp1.ba.best.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19991231222400.9Wjs2N7nKpVWUoFBzu46McmQrPKGjH7f7uFg295vNEs@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38444023_1@news2.prserv.net>
In article <38444023_1@news2.prserv.net>, Pete Mullins <pmullin@ibm.net> wrote:
>
>Martijn <nobody@nowhere.org> wrote in message
> news:820mu3$qv5v$1@reader3.wxs.nl ...
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm a gcc newbe
>> As in the subject: What is the command (or perhaps: trick) to clear your
>> screen while running gcc in your terminal-mode?
>>
>
>The vt200 code is: esc [ 2 j (no spaces)
Very bad practice unless you know for a fact that the program will
*never* be run on anything but vt200-compatible terminals.
Right way to do this is to learn to use libtermcap. Easy way to
do this is to call system("clear") as another poster has suggested.
--
-ed falk, falk@falconer.vip.best.com *********************#*************#
See http://www.rahul.net/falk/whatToDo.html *#**************F******!******!*!!**
and read 12 Simple Things You Can Do ********!***************************
to Save the Internet #****#******#*********!**WW*W**W
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From: falconer@best.com (Edward A. Falk)
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to clear screen ??
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 11:43:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3846c8c8$0$219@nntp1.ba.best.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19991202114300.ldKSjMrrqcAJNtIFQ6HaTkfzSy6ZGriZ8YWytpcBs6E@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38444023_1@news2.prserv.net>
In article < 38444023_1@news2.prserv.net >, Pete Mullins <pmullin@ibm.net> wrote:
>
>Martijn <nobody@nowhere.org> wrote in message
> news: 820mu3$qv5v$1@reader3.wxs.nl ...
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm a gcc newbe
>> As in the subject: What is the command (or perhaps: trick) to clear your
>> screen while running gcc in your terminal-mode?
>>
>
>The vt200 code is: esc [ 2 j (no spaces)
Very bad practice unless you know for a fact that the program will
*never* be run on anything but vt200-compatible terminals.
Right way to do this is to learn to use libtermcap. Easy way to
do this is to call system("clear") as another poster has suggested.
--
-ed falk, falk@falconer.vip.best.com *********************#*************#
See http://www.rahul.net/falk/whatToDo.html *#**************F******!******!*!!**
and read 12 Simple Things You Can Do ********!***************************
to Save the Internet #****#******#*********!**WW*W**W
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-12-02 11:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-30 6:42 Martijn
1999-11-30 8:31 ` Lokesh Setia
1999-11-30 13:02 ` Martijn
1999-11-30 23:28 ` Martijn
1999-12-01 4:06 ` Lokesh Setia
1999-12-01 4:06 ` Lokesh Setia
1999-12-31 22:24 ` Lokesh Setia
1999-11-30 23:28 ` Lokesh Setia
1999-11-30 13:31 ` Pete Mullins
1999-11-30 23:28 ` Pete Mullins
1999-12-02 11:43 ` Edward A. Falk [this message]
1999-12-02 11:43 ` Edward A. Falk
1999-12-31 22:24 ` Edward A. Falk
1999-11-30 23:28 ` Martijn
1999-12-03 13:12 ` David C.
1999-12-31 22:24 ` David C.
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-11-25 6:55 Martijn
1999-11-30 23:28 ` Martijn
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