On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 19:43, Andrew Basterfield wrote: > > Bravo. I'm still not seeing a screen being cleared. (See above). > > try harder. No. For the last time, asc 12 is not clear screen. Ascii codes are printer control codes; not terminal control codes. Hence the ansi escape codes. I don't see why you're arguing this point given you yourself have found that it doesn't clear the screen. > On my slackware box the man page for 'ascii' says octal 14 is Form Feed > (FF). Okay, I read the wrong line, I apologise. Sending me the ascii table is downright cheeky at best. I certainly don't need a noddy explanation of nonprinting ascii characters. Save your sarcasm for someone who might help you again in future. Cheers, Alex.
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