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From: mcf@statware.UUCP (Mathieu Federspiel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: screenblanker
Message-ID: <3548@statware.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 89 00:42:32 GMT
References: <3553@cps3xx.UUCP> <1080062@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Reply-To: mcf@statware.UUCP (Mathieu Federspiel)
Organization: Statware, Corvallis, Oregon
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In article <1080062@hpfcmgw.HP.COM> garys@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Gary Stringham) writes:
>A quick and simple solution, but not completely what you want, is to put
>the command, clear(1), in the .logout file.  It moves the cursor to the
>top of screen memory, then clears the memory.  All you would have left
>on the screen is the login prompt.
>
>Gary Stringham

Note that clear(1) does *not* clear memory.  We have an HP 2397A
running in 2627A emulation on an HP 9825.  Clear will clear the
current page of memory, but the "page back" key will sent you back
through all pages to the top of memory.  It is fairly simple to
send the escape sequences to put the cursor at the top of memory
and then do a clear, which will insure that you have cleared all
memory.
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Mathieu Federspiel                  mcf%statware.uucp@cs.orst.edu
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