[darcs-devel] [issue1125] Bug#494160: Wish ^L would clear screen at interactive prompts.

[Trent Buck]

New submission from Trent Buck <trentbuck at gmail.com>:

Darcs maintainers,

Below is a bug report from a Debian user (coincidentally, also me).
The associated Debian BTS ticket is http://bugs.debian.org/494160.
Please ensure that 494160 at bugs.debian.org remains in the nosy list for
this roundup ticket.

On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:20:31AM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> Package: darcs
> Version: 2.0.2-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> For example, if my screen has the following on it
>
>     twb at Clio[Preferences]$ darcs push soy:Preferences
>     Sun Aug  3 22:23:07 EST 2008  Trent W. Buck <trentbuck at gmail.com>
>       * Ignore Debian BTS headers.
>     Shall I push this patch? (1/29)  [ynWsfvpxdaqjk], or ? for help: y
>     Sun Aug  3 22:23:51 EST 2008  Trent W. Buck <trentbuck at gmail.com>
>       * Don't hard-wrap in IRC.
>     Shall I push this patch? (2/29)  [ynWsfvpxdaqjk], or ? for help:
>
> Then I expect ^L to issue a "clear screen" terminal command, then
> print the current information and the prompt, resulting in
>
>     Sun Aug  3 22:23:51 EST 2008  Trent W. Buck <trentbuck at gmail.com>
>       * Don't hard-wrap in IRC.
>     Shall I push this patch? (2/29)  [ynWsfvpxdaqjk], or ? for help:
>
> This makes it MUCH easier for me to focus on only the information
> relating to the current question -- because the rest is no longer
> on-screen.
>
> Note that in real cases, there's a lot more scrollback for ^L to clear;
> the benefit of ^L is less obvious in the shortened example above.

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messages: 6233
nosy: dagit, dmitry.kurochkin, kowey, simon, thorkilnaur, twb
status: unread
title: Bug#494160: Wish ^L would clear screen at interactive prompts.

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