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Diffstat (limited to 'man/clear.1')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/clear.1 b/man/clear.1 index b70d37e..d8e24e5 100644 --- a/man/clear.1 +++ b/man/clear.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.8 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.10 2013/06/22 22:22:11 tom Exp $ .TH @CLEAR@ 1 "" .ds n 5 .SH NAME @@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ \fB@CLEAR@\fR .br .SH DESCRIPTION -\fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible. It looks in the -environment for the terminal type and then in the \fBterminfo\fR database to -figure out how to clear the screen. +\fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible, +including its scrollback buffer (if the extended "E3" capability is defined). +\fB@CLEAR@\fR looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in the +\fBterminfo\fR database to determine how to clear the screen. .PP \fB@CLEAR@\fR ignores any command-line parameters that may be present. .SH SEE ALSO |