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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: clearing a screen in ada? (new to ada)
Date: 2000/03/04
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In article <38c1621e$0$19330@motown.iinet.net.au>, "Nigel" <darkwind@wantree.com.au> writes:

>                     I have just started learning ada, and I was wondering
> what package and command I use for clearing the screen, sort of like a CLS
> command?

This sort of thing tends to be operating system specific.

If you are on VMS using either DEC Ada or GNAT you can
call procedure ERASE_DISPLAY in the SMG package (after
suitable setup).