From: Ted Dennison <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com>
Subject: Re: How can I clear the screen?
Date: 1996/03/29
Date: 1996-03-29T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <315C574C.294C@escmail.orl.mmc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.SOL.3.92.960329152609.24383A-100000@hanto.dtek.chalmers.se
Hung Huynh wrote:
> I understand that your CSI is equal to ESC & "[" , but why does the
> output of the string "ESC[2J" cause a screen clear? Does it have something
> to do with ANSI?
It has everything to do with ANSI/VT100. If the text display this is
being written to supports ANSI/VT100/VT220 etc., then this will clear
the screen. If it does not, then you will likely see some random
garbage with a "2J" at the end.
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T.E.D.
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-03-27 0:00 How can I clear the screen? Jason Powell
1996-03-29 0:00 ` steved
1996-03-29 0:00 ` Hung Huynh
1996-03-29 0:00 ` Ted Dennison [this message]
1996-03-30 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-03-31 0:00 ` Hung Huynh
1996-04-02 0:00 ` Michael A. Packer
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