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authorVibhav Pant <vibhavp@gmail.com>2015-04-19 23:26:09 +0530
committerVibhav Pant <vibhavp@gmail.com>2015-04-19 23:26:09 +0530
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Add option to eshell/clear to clear scrollback.
* lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el (eshell/clear-scrollback): New function. (eshell/clear): Add an optional SCROLLBACK argument. If non-nil, scrollback contents are cleared. * etc/NEWS: Describe change. * doc/misc/eshell.texi: Add entry for `clear'.
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@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ with no arguments, prints the current paths in this variable.
Define an alias (@pxref{Aliases}). This does not add it to the aliases
file.
+@item clear
+@cmindex clear
+Scrolls the contents of the eshell window out of sight, leaving a blank window.
+If provided with an optional non-nil argument, the scrollback contents are
+cleared instead.
+
@item date
@cmindex date
Similar to, but slightly different from, the GNU Coreutils