On 2020-12-28 23:33, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
The thing is, this is a destructive capability. In some cases it only clears the "screen" (whatever that means), which may cost you some diagnostics. Probably (but not always) you can recreate them by repeating a command from history. But in some cases it also clears the scrollback buffer. That makes it kinda hard to figure out what's going on unless you know what's going on. I don't need it ever and I don't hit Ctrl-L accidentally, so I'm =0 on adding the feature. But it's something that needs some care in implementation.
Well, the time to push back on the feature was in the mid 1970s. Today, if you're at a command prompt or repl, there's a very high chance the feature already exists, with few exceptions. Consistency in UI is still a goal though it has taken a beating the last few years.
Also, I'd argue the likelihood of a newbie clearing important work, or an expert making a significant mistake in this manner is not very high. The readline (or equivalent) configuration can mitigate the latter if need be.
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