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  1. Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!skule.ecf!torn!nott!emr1!cote
  3. From: cote@seismo.emr.ca (Tim Cote)
  4. Subject: Re: Tek window
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.170715.28351@emr1.emr.ca>
  6. Sender: news@emr1.emr.ca
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: saw15.seismo.emr.ca
  8. Reply-To: cote@seismo.emr.ca
  9. Organization: Dept. of Energy, Mines & Resources, Canada
  10. References: <1e1563INNhm8@network.ucsd.edu>
  11. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:07:15 GMT
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  14. In article 1e1563INNhm8@network.ucsd.edu, reynolds@yin.ucsd.edu (Andy Reynolds) writes:
  15. >Second, how do you clear the Tek window from within a program or shell 
  16. >script?  On standard Tek terminals sending ^] clears the window, but that
  17. >doesn't seem to work with the xterm emulation.
  18. >
  19. The Xterm Control Sequences document says the PAGE (clear screen) escape code 
  20. is <ESCAPE><LINE_FEED>. It may be tricky getting the line_feed to be seen by the
  21. xterm, the shell tries to interpret it first. Hope this helps. 
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  24. Tim Cote,  cote@seismo.emr.ca
  25. Seismology Section, Geophysics Division, Geological Survey of Canada, EMR
  26. 1 Observatory Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1A-0Y3
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