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RE: 'clear' does not clear entire screen (affects vim also)
- To: "'cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com'" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: 'clear' does not clear entire screen (affects vim also)
- From: "Town, Brad" <btown at ceddec dot com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:16:29 -0500
The trouble appears to be due to the way it calculates how many spaces to
clear. I'll look into it and submit a patch.
Brad Town
> Problem: Bottom portion of screen is not cleared by 'clear'
> if the visible
> screen width is less than the actual (buffer) screen width. This also
> affects vim because the bottom portion of screen in vim is not cleared
> before redrawing. This leaves the existing characters on the
> screen in the
> areas where no next is written (i.e. after the ends of lines and blank
> lines).
>
> To reproduce the problem:
>
> 1. From any bash shell, resize the window narrower so that a scrollbar
> appears at the bottom of the screen.
> 2. vim a file or run 'clear'
>
> Win2000
> version 1.1.4
>
> Jim Hickey
> jim_hickey@hp.com
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