Re: ^L doesn't clear screen

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/6/14, 8:24 PM, chris@cfajohnson.com wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 24
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       ^L doesn't clear the screen
>    lithist is on, but <UP> prints literal ^J instead of NL
>    This is terminal-independent (mate-terminal, xterm, rxvt)
> 
> Repeat-By:
> $ ^L

You don't say which editing mode you're using, but ^L has never cleared
the screen in vi input mode.

> 
> $ q()
>   {
>   :
>   }
> <up arrow>
> $ q()^J{^J:^J}

I can't reproduce this using Mac OS X.

Chet

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