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From: nickroberts@ukf.net (Nick Roberts)
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Subject: Re: Some general help with Ada
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 00:43:56 GMT
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On 10 Mar 2002 00:57:30 GMT, David Starner
<dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu> strongly typed:

>On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 19:46:38 -0000, chris.danx <chris.danx@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> "Jim" <genx54321@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ab6237e2.0203091102.103d54e9@posting.google.com...
>>> how do you create a blank screen like the CLS command in Qbasic/DOS ?
>>>
>>> can you do it with text_io ?
>> 
>> ada.text_io.new_line (26); is quick and easy.
>
>And wrong. There's no guarentee that the terminal is only 26 lines tall.

And I think it's wrong for you to say "wrong". There's 'no guarantee' that
the user will be the slightest bit worried that only part of the screen was
cleared. In fact, I suspect it is almost guaranteed that the user won't be.

-- 
Nick Roberts