Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] readline: Clear screen on form feed.

[Hani Benhabiles <kroosec@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 04:32:32PM -0400, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> On Sun,  1 Jun 2014 12:53:35 +0100
> Hani Benhabiles <kroosec@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Hani Benhabiles <hani@linux.com>
> > ---
> >  util/readline.c | 9 +++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/util/readline.c b/util/readline.c
> > index 8baec55..08d07e3 100644
> > --- a/util/readline.c
> > +++ b/util/readline.c
> > @@ -345,6 +345,12 @@ static void readline_completion(ReadLineState *rs)
> >      }
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void readline_clear_screen(ReadLineState *rs)
> > +{
> > +    rs->printf_func(rs->opaque, "\033[2J\033[1;1H");
> 
> That's a smart way of doing it and I can't suggest anything better. But
> what happens on Windows?

Sorry, I have no experience with Windows and I can't give a definite answer about it.

But as Michael pointed out, readline is already using similar escape sequences.

> 
> > +    readline_show_prompt(rs);
> > +}
> > +
> >  /* return true if command handled */
> >  void readline_handle_byte(ReadLineState *rs, int ch)
> >  {
> > @@ -363,6 +369,9 @@ void readline_handle_byte(ReadLineState *rs, int ch)
> >          case 9:
> >              readline_completion(rs);
> >              break;
> > +        case 12:
> > +            readline_clear_screen(rs);
> > +            break;
> >          case 10:
> >          case 13:
> >              rs->cmd_buf[rs->cmd_buf_size] = '\0';
>