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From: ajm@icc.com (Al Marmora)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: screen clears in emphasize mode
Message-ID: <1990Aug30.024402.6206@icc.com>
Date: 30 Aug 90 02:44:02 GMT
References: <1990Aug28.152155.157@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Intercomputer Communications Corp., Cincinnati, OH
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In article <1990Aug28.152155.157@midway.uchicago.edu> goer@quads.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes:
>Let's say I send the command for reverse video mode, and then
>the sequence for a screen clear.  Is it typical for terminals
>to clear the screen to normal-mode spaces or reverse video spa-
>ces?  The reason I ask is that, for terminals which permit it,
>the so+cl approach is the quickest and most reliable to cover
>the screen in reverse video.

Recent vintage System V terminfo supports a "background color erase" (bce)
capability for terminals which exhibit this behavior.

Unfortunately, as I recall, the System V curses library neglects to
take advantage of it.