Re: Troubles : New_Page & Get_Immediate

[jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)]

In article <01bcdae4$3f70ffa0$0f02000a@default> bjyxxl@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au writes:

>When trying to use New_Page as in
>   New_Page;
>to simply refresh the screen in output of text to the screen all I'm
>getting is a weird symbol

As New_Page suggests, this is a printer-like command. The funny character
you are seeing is called the 'form-feed' code, instructing the printer
to move to the next page.

On some consoles, sending a form-feed will actually clear the screen,
on others it will simply display the character. On Win95 (if that is
what you are using) the latter is the case.

A very simple solution is:

   Num_Rows : constant := 25; -- number of screen rows;

   procedure Clear_Screen is
   begin
      for I in 1 .. Num_Rows loop
         New_Line;
      end loop;
   end Clear_Screen;

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